Archdiocese of Katowice

ARCHDIOCESE OF KATOWICE (Archidioecesis Katovicensis)

Country : Poland
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established: 1925 as Diocese of Katowice 1925
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1992.

Official blazon

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The arms in the 1930s:

Arms of Bishops

August Hlond (1925-1926)
Arkadiusz Lisiecki (1926-1930)
Stanislaw Adamski (1930-1967)
Herbert Bednorz (1967-1985)
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Damian Zimoń (1985-1992)

Arms of Archbishops

Damian Zimoń (1992-2011)
Wiktor Paweł Skworc (2011-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

Teofil Bromboszcz (1934-1937)
Juliusz Bieniek (1937-1978)
Józef Benedykt Kurpas (1962-1991)
Czeslaw Domin (1970-1992)
Janusz Edmund Zimniak (1980-1992)
Gerard Bernacki (1988-2012)
Piotr Libera (1996-2007)
Stefan Cichy (1998-2005)
Józef Piotr Kupny (2005-2013)
Adam Wodarczyk (2014-present)
Marek Szkudło (2014-present)
Grzegorz Olszowski (2018-present)

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