Also known as: Polen (Deutsch), la Pologne (français), Polonia (español, Italiano, latine), Polska (polski), Polónia (Português), 波蘭 (正體中文), ポーランド (日本語)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (15)
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (29)
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite Ordinariate (1)
Military Ordinariates Military Ordinariate (1)
Roman Rite (42): Białystok, Bielsko–Żywiec, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Drohiczyn, Elbląg, Ełk, Gdańsk, Gliwice, Gniezno, Kalisz, Katowice, Kielce, Koszalin–Kołobrzeg, Kraków, Legnica, Łódź, Łomża, Łowicz, Lublin, Opole, Ordynariat Polowy Wojska Polskiego, Pelplin, Płock, Poznań, Przemyśl, Radom, Rzeszów, Sandomierz, Siedlce, Sosnowiec, Świdnica, Szczecin–Kamień, Tarnów, Toruń, Warmia, Warszawa, Warszawa-Praga, Włocławek, Wrocław, Zamość–Lubaczów, Zielona Góra–Gorzów
Ukrainian Church (3): Olsztyn–Gdańsk, Przemyśl–Warszawa, Wrocław–Koszalin
Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordynariat dla wiernych obrządku wschodniego w Polsce
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Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses
Apostolic Nunciature: Poland Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi (62)
Conference of Bishops: Konferencja Episkopatu Polski Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C. (69)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.) Bishop Mariano Crociata (73)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.) Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (64)
Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz (87) Stanisław Dziwisz (87)
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski (62) Konrad Krajewski (62)
Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz (76) Kazimierz Nycz (76)
Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko (80) Stanisław Ryłko (80)
Roman-Rite Church The World Cup of Ugly Churches 2025 by Eccles
Roman-Rite Church Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Roman-Rite Church Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025
Patron Saints: Mary Queen of Poland, Saint Stanislaus da Szczepanów, Saint Adalbert, Saint Stanisław Kostka, Saint Andrzej Bobola
Saints: 36 Saints, 283 Blesseds
Continent: East Europe
Capital: Warsaw
Area: 304,255 km2
Population: 38,476,269
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Czechia Czechia, ← Germany Germany, ↑ Sweden Sweden, ↑ Russia Russia, ↗ Lithuania Lithuania, → Belarus Belarus, ↘ Ukraine Ukraine, ↓ Slovakia Slovakia
Religions: Catholic 87.2% (includes Roman Catholic 86.9% and Greek Catholic, Armenian Catholic, and Byzantine-Slavic Catholic .3%), Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4% (mainly Augsburg Evangelical and Pentacostal), other 0.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon), unspecified 10.8%
Languages: Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.3%
Ethnic Groups: Polish 96.9%, Silesian 1.1%, German 0.2%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 1.7%
Motto: Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna (Polish) (God, Honour, Fatherland)
Area: 323,250 km2
Catholic Population: 35,873,000 Catholics (97.6% of 36,754,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 10,410 parishes, 12 mission stations (with resident priest), 801 other centres
Clergy: 152 bishops (44 diocesan, 108 titular), 28,973 priests (22,529 diocesan, 6,444 religious), 98 permanent deacons (90 diocesan, 8 religious)
Non-Clergy: 18,255 religious (941 brothers, 17,314 sisters), 1,014 members of secular institutes (18 brothers, 996 sisters), 1,618 major seminarians, 20 missionaries, 9,514 catechists
Last updated on 2026年06月08日
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