Roman Catholic archdiocese in Poland
The
Archdiocese of Gda?sk
(
Latin
:
Gedanen(sis)
) is a
Latin Church
ecclesiastical jurisdiction or
archdiocese
of the
Catholic Church
in
Poland
. The diocese's
episcopal see
is
Gda?sk
.
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 Gda?sk is listed as a
Historic Monument of Poland
.
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History
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After
World War I
and restoration of independent Poland, the city of Gda?sk (Danzig) was not restored to Poland from Germany, but rather turned into a
free city
according to the
Treaty of Versailles
. The Catholic congregation west of the
Vistula
belonged to the
Diocese of Chełmno
, which was restored to
Poland
and east of the Vistula to the
Diocese of Warmia
, which remained part of
Weimar Germany
in the
interbellum
. Germans within the administration of the Diocese of Chełmno were replaced by
Polish
priests and the Polish language was implemented as binding.
[2]
While about 130,000 people in Danzig were Catholic, only about 10 percent of them were Polish-speaking and the first attempts to reorganize the ecclesiastical allocation were made in spring 1919, when members of the German congregation asked for an affiliation to the Diocese of Warmia.
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While these attempts were supported by the German government, the Polish government tried to preserve the current situation. Pope
Pius XI
decided to establish an
Apostolic Administrator of the Free City of Danzig
on 24 April 1922, which was directly subordinated to the Pope. In 1925 a concordat between Poland and the Holy See was signed and the Apostolic Administrator was now supposed to be subordinated to the
Nuncio
of Warsaw, which caused protests among the local populace. Thus the Pope established the exempt Diocese of Danzig on 30 December 1925 and appointed
Edward O'Rourke
as the first Bishop on 2 January 1926.
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The Diocese was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gda?sk on 25 March 1992. On 17 November 1993, the Archbishop issued the instructions on the status of
Kashubian
as a language of liturgy.
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Reports of sex abuse
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In 2019, three protestors toppled a statue of Rev. Henryk Jankowski following revelations that he sexually Barbara Borowiecka when she was a girl.
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Jankowski, who also had a criminal investigation involving the sexual abuse of a boy dropped against him in 2004, had been defrocked in 2005.
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However, he died in 2010 without ever being convicted of sex abuse.
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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.
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On 13 August 2020, Pope Francis removed Gda?sk Archbishop
Sławoj Leszek Głod?
, 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.
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Special churches
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- Cathedral, Minor Basilica:
- Co-Cathedral, Minor Basilica:
- Minor Basilicas:
- St. Nicholas Basilica, Gda?sk
- St. Brigid Basilica, Gda?sk
Leadership
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- Diocesan bishops
- Metropolitan bishops
- Auxiliary bishops
Suffragan dioceses
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See also
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References
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External links
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