Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień

The Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień (Latin: Archidioecesis Sedinensis-Caminensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church whose sees are in the cities of Szczecin and Kamień Pomorski in Poland. With 24,3% of its population attending church services weekly or more in 2013 it is the least devoutly religious diocese in Poland.

Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Archidioecesis Sedinensis-Caminensis Archidiecezja Szczecińsko-Kamieńska
Cathedral Basilica of St James in Szczecin
Location
Country	Poland
Statistics
Area	12,754 km2 (4,924 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 1,014,003 975,450 (96,2%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle, Szczecin
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Kamień Pomorski
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Wiesław Śmigiel
Auxiliary Bishops	Henryk Wejman
Apostolic Administrator	Zbigniew Zieliński
Bishops emeritus	Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz Andrzej Dzięga
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

Map of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Szeczecin-Kamien

History

See also: Bishopric of Cammin

• 1945: part of the territory of the Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła
• June 28, 1972: Created as Diocese of Szczecin – Kamień, part of the ecclesiastical province of Gniezno, from the northwestern part of the territory of the Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła, previously part of the Diocese of Berlin in Germany
• March 25, 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin – Kamień

Co-Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Kamień Pomorski

Leadership

See also: List of bishops of Szczecin-Kamień

• Archbishop Jerzy Stroba (28 Jun 1972 – 21 Sep 1978; appointed Archbishop of Poznań)
• Archbishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański (1 Mar 1979 – 25 Mar 1992)
• Archbishop Marian Przykucki (25 Mar 1992 – 1 May 1999)
• Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński (1 May 1999 – 21 Feb 2009)
• Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga (21 Feb 2009 – 24 Feb 2024)
• Archbishop Wiesław Śmigiel (13 September 2024 – present)

Suffragan dioceses

• Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
• Zielona Góra-Gorzów

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Poland

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website