Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Przemyśl

Marii Panny i Sw. John the Baptist

The Archdiocese of Przemysl (Latin: Archidioecesis Premisliensis Latinorum, poln: Archidiecezja Przemyska ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in south-eastern Poland with seat in the city of Przemysl.

History

After King Casimir the Great of Poland had subdued the Principality of Galicia - Volhynia, he erected in 1375 a number of dioceses, including in Przemysl. In 1412 the seat of the ecclesiastical province of Lviv was. With the founding of the Diocese of Rzeszów on vormaligem field of Przemysl diocese and the Diocese of Tarnów on 25 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II was charged with the Apostolic Constitution Totus Tuus Poloniae Populus to an archbishopric and Metropolitan seat with the suffragan dioceses Rzeszów and Zamość Lubaczów.

In the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1861-1918) decreed the Bishop of Przemysl on a Virilstimme in the Galician parliament.

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