Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gdańsk
Archdiocese of Gdańsk Archidioecesis Gedanensis Archidiecezja Gdańska | |
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| Bishops emeritus | Sławoj Leszek Głódź |
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The Archdiocese of Gdańsk (
.According to the church statistics Sunday mass attendance was 38.1% in 2013 making it lower than the Polish average of weekly mass attendance (39.1%).
Its Archcathedral Basilica of The Holy Trinity, Blessed Virgin Mary and St Bernard in Gdańsk is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.[1]
History
After
While these attempts were supported by the German government, the Polish government tried to preserve the current situation. Pope
The Diocese was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk on 25 March 1992. On 17 November 1993, the Archbishop issued the instructions on the status of Kashubian as a language of liturgy.[3][4]
Reports of sex abuse
In 2019, three protestors toppled a statue of Rev. Henryk Jankowski following revelations that he sexually Barbara Borowiecka when she was a girl.[5][6] Jankowski, who also had a criminal investigation involving the sexual abuse of a boy dropped against him in 2004, had been defrocked in 2005.[6] However, he died in 2010 without ever being convicted of sex abuse.[6] It has also been acknowledged that Lech Walsea's personal chaplain Rev. Franciszek Cybula had been accused of committing acts of sex abuse while serving in the as well.[5] On 13 August 2020, Pope Francis removed Gdańsk Archbishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź, who was among those who covered up abuse committed by Jankowski and Cybula.[5] Glodz had also presided over Cybula's funeral. Despite the fact that Glodz had just turned 75, the required age for Catholic Bishops to offer their resignation, the move was described as "cleaning house," as it is highly unusual for the Pope to accept such a resignation on a prelate's actual birthday.[5]
Special churches
- Cathedral, Minor Basilica:
- Co-Cathedral, Minor Basilica:
- Minor Basilicas:
- St. Nicholas Basilica, Gdańsk
- St. Brigid Basilica, Gdańsk
Leadership
- Diocesan bishops
- 1926–1938 - Edward O'Rourke (2 June 1926 – 13 June 1938)
- Apostolic Administrator of the Free City of Danzig, 1922–1926
- Carl Maria Splett (Karol Maria Splett) (13 June 1938 – 5 March 1964)
- arrested by the Polish communist government in 1945 and imprisoned; emigrated to Germany in 1956
- 1945–1951 - Andrzej Wronka, apostolic administrator
- 1951–1956 - Jan Cymanowski, vicar
- Edmund Nowicki (7 March 1964– 10 March 1971)
- coadjutor bishop, 1956–1964
- Lech Kaczmarek (1 December 1971– 31 July 1984)
- Tadeusz Gocłowski (31 December 1984 – 25 March 1992)
- Metropolitan bishops
- Tadeusz Gocłowski (25 March 1992 – 17 April 2008)
- Sławoj Leszek Głódź (17 April 2008 – 13 August 2020)
- Tadeusz Wojda (2 March 2021 – present)
- Auxiliary bishops
- 1958–1971 – Lech Kaczmarek
- 1972–1982 – Kazimierz Kluz
- 1983–1984 – Tadeusz Gocłowski
- 1985–2005 – Zygmunt Pawłowicz (retired in 2005)
- 2005–2012 – Ryszard Kasyna
- since 2014 – Wiesław Szlachetka
- 2015–2022 – Zbigniew Zieliński
- since 2022 – Piotr Przyborek
Suffragan dioceses
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Poland
References
- ^ Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 22 listopada 2017 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Gdańsk-Oliwa - zespół pocystersko-katedralny", Dz. U. z 2017 r. poz. 2277
- ^ ISBN 9783825862848. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ http://www.ies.ee/iesp/grabowska.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Archidiecezja Gdanska". www.diecezja.gda.pl. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d https://www.wral.com/pope-cleans-house-in-poland-after-abuse-cover-up-scandal/19233772/ [dead link]
- ^ a b c "Statue of Polish Solidarity priest accused of paedophilia removed". Reuters. 21 February 2019.
External links
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