Archdiocese of Gdańsk

Historical Details

• Diocese of Gdańsk
  • Latin Name: Gedanensis
  • Erected: 30 December 1925
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Poland
  • Square Kilometers: 1,926 (743 Square Miles)

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † (2 Jan 1926 Appointed - 13 Jun 1938 Resigned)
• Carl Maria Antonius Splett † (13 Jun 1938 Appointed - 5 Mar 1964 Died)
• Edmund Nowicki † (7 Mar 1964 Appointed - 10 Mar 1971 Died)
• Lech Kaczmarek † (1 Dec 1971 Appointed - 31 Jul 1984 Died)
• Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. † (31 Dec 1984 Appointed - 17 Apr 2008 Retired)
• Sławoj Leszek Głódź (17 Apr 2008 Appointed - 13 Aug 2020 Retired)
• Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C. (2 Mar 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Gdańsk
1950	281,000	290,000	96.9%	70	38	108	2,601		31	149	58	ap1951
1970	500,000	524,000	95.4%	130	98	228	2,192		116	207	61	ap1971
1980	599,000	615,000	97.4%	151	84	235	2,548		103	216	79	ap1981
1990	614,000	629,000	97.6%	232	91	323	1,900		113	252	100	ap1991
Archdiocese of Gdańsk
1999	975,452	1,014,950	96.1%	474	199	673	1,449	2	272	557	167	ap2000
2000	917,105	976,778	93.9%	483	196	679	1,350	1	235	534	170	ap2001
2001	926,761	992,603	93.4%	496	219	715	1,296		271	485	175	ap2002
2002	944,158	993,275	95.1%	515	212	727	1,298		262	534	181	ap2003
2003	917,695	977,552	93.9%	520	208	728	1,260		280	564	184	ap2004
2004	923,195	977,614	94.4%	527	207	734	1,257		255	524	186	ap2005
2006	917,724	982,337	93.4%	529	216	745	1,231		259	613	190	ap2007
2013	900,608	965,077	93.3%	527	211	738	1,220		241	448	195	ap2014
2016	980,000	1,000,122	98.0%	552	192	744	1,317		236	452	198	ap2017
2019	914,258	1,029,384	88.8%	556	175	731	1,250		228	468	198	ap2020
2021	926,220	1,073,339	86.3%	549	164	713	1,299		215	411	201	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Mirosław Adamczyk (Priest: 16 May 1987 to 22 Feb 2013)
• Sławoj Leszek Głódź (Archbishop: 17 Apr 2008 to 13 Aug 2020)
• Jacek Jezierski (Apostolic Administrator: 13 Aug 2020 to 28 Mar 2021)
• Ryszard Kasyna (Priest: 24 Jan 1982; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 2005 to 27 Oct 2012)
• Piotr Przyborek (Priest: 16 Jun 2001; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jul 2022)
• Wiesław Szlachetka (Priest: 25 Mar 1992; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Dec 2013)
• Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C. (Archbishop: 2 Mar 2021 - )
• Zbigniew Jan Zieliński (Priest: 18 May 1991; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Sep 2015 to 10 Mar 2022)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Tadeusz Gocłowski, C.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Mar 1983; Bishop: 31 Dec 1984; Archbishop: 25 Mar 1992 to 17 Apr 2008)
• Lech Kaczmarek † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Nov 1958; Bishop: 1 Dec 1971 to 31 Jul 1984)
• Józef Kazimierz Kluz † (Deacon: 11 Feb 1951; Priest: 24 Jun 1951; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 May 1972 to 5 Dec 1982)
• Edmund Nowicki † (Coadjutor Bishop: 26 Apr 1951; Bishop: 7 Mar 1964 to 10 Mar 1971)
• Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke † (Apostolic Administrator: 21 Apr 1922; Bishop: 2 Jan 1926 to 13 Jun 1938)
• Zygmunt Józef Pawłowicz † (Priest: 20 Sep 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Aug 1985 to 24 Jan 2005)
• Carl Maria Antonius Splett † (Bishop: 13 Jun 1938 to 5 Mar 1964)
• Andrzej Wronka † (Administrator: 15 Aug 1945; Apostolic Administrator: 4 May 1946 to 26 Jan 1951)

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