Archbishop of Kraków

The Archbishop of Kraków is the head of the archdiocese of Kraków. A bishop of Kraków first came into existence when the diocese was created in 1000; it was promoted to an archdiocese on 28 October 1925. Due to Kraków's role as Poland's political, cultural and spiritual center, the bishops and archbishops of Kraków were often very influential in the city, country and abroad. From 1443 to 1791, bishops of Kraków were simultaneously Dukes of Siewierz, although it was only Adam Stefan Sapieha who officially abandoned the title.

Saint Stanislaus

Cardinal Wojtyła (later Pope Saint John Paul II)

Cardinal Oleśnicki

Piotr Gembicki

Cardinal Sapieha

List of bishops and archbishops of Kraków^[1]
#	Years	Name
1	1000–1014(?)	Poppon
2	1014(?)–1023/30(?)	Lambert I
3	1023/30(?)–ca.1032	Gompo
4	ca.1032–ca.1046	Rachelin
5	ca.1046–1059	Aron
6	1061–1071	Lambert Suła
7	1072–1079	Stanisław Szczepanowski (Saint Stanislaus), martyr, co-patron saint of the diocese
8	ca.1082–ca.1100	Lambert III (bishop of Kraków)
9	1101–ca.1103	Cazlaus (Czasław)
10	ca.1103–ca.1109	Baldwin
11	1110–1118	Maur
12	1118–ca.1141	Radost
13	ca.1141–1143	Robert
14	ca.1143–ca.1165	Mateusz
15	ca.1166–ca.1185	Gedko
16	ca.1185–1207	Fulko
18	1208–1218	Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek, historian, author of the Polish Chronicle
19	1218–1229	Iwo Odrowąż, ducal chancellor, established numerous monasteries in Southern Poland
20	1229–1242	Wisław Zabawa
21	1242–1266	Jan Prandota
22	1266–1292	Paweł of Przemankowo
23	1292–1294	Prokop
24	1294–1320	Jan Muskata
25	1320–1326	Nanker or Nankier Kołda, started the construction of the Gothic Wawel cathedral
26	1326–1347	Jan Grot
27	1347–1348	Piotr of Falków
28	1348–1366	Bodzenta of Września
29	1367–1380	Florian of Mokrsko
30	1380–1382	Zawisza of Kurozwęki
31	1382–1392	Jan Radlica
32	1392–1412	Piotr Wysz, canonist
33	1412–1423	Wojciech Jastrzębiec
34	1423–1455	Zbigniew Oleśnicki, statesman; opposed the Hussites, bought Duchy of Siewierz to the bishopric
35	1455–1460	Tomasz Strzępiński
36	1461–1463	Jakub of Sienno
37	1463–1464	Jan Gruszczyński
38	1464–1471	Jan Lutek
39	1471–1488	Jan Rzeszowski
40	1488–1503	Fryderyk Jagiellończyk
41	1503–1524	Jan Konarski
42	1524–1535	Piotr Tomicki
43	1536–1537	Jan Latalski
44	1537–1538	Jan Chojeński
45	1538–1545	Piotr Gamrat
46	1546–1550	Samuel Maciejowski
47	1551–1560	Andrzej Zebrzydowski
48	1560–1572	Filip Padniewski
49	1572–1577	Franciszek Krasiński
50	1577–1591	Piotr Myszkowski
51	1581–1600	Jerzy Radziwiłł
52	1600–1605	Bernard Maciejowski
53	1607–1616	Piotr Tylicki
54	1616–1630	Marcin Szyszkowski
55	1630–1631	Andrzej Lipski
56	1632–1633	Jan Olbracht Waza
57	1635–1642	Jakub Zadzik
58	1642–1657	Piotr Gembicki
59	1658–1679	Andrzej Trzebicki
60	1681–1699	Jan Małachowski
61	1700	Stanisław Dąbski
62	1701–1702	Jerzy Denhoff
63	1710–1719	Kazimierz Łubieński
64	1720–1732	Felicjan Szeniawski
65	1732–1746	Jan Aleksander Lipski
66	1746–1758	Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski, founded the Załuski Library in Warsaw
67	1759–1788	Kajetan Sołtyk
68	1790–1800	Feliks Turski
69	1805–1813	Andrzej Gawroński
70	1815–1829	Jan Paweł Woronicz
71	1830–1851	Karol Skórkowski
72	1879–1894	Albin Dunajewski
73	1895–1911	Jan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko
74	1911–1951	Adam Stefan Sapieha
75	1951–1962	Eugeniusz Baziak (Archbishop of Lwów, Apostolic Administrator of Kraków)
76	1964–1978	Karol Wojtyła (later elected Pope John Paul II, later canonised) co-patron saint of the diocese
77	1978–2005	Franciszek Macharski
78	2005–Present	Stanisław Dziwisz

Notes and references

^ Historia Diecezji: Biskupi krakowscy (Kraków bishops). Kuria Archidiecezji Krakowskiej, 2009. Page 2 of 3. Retrieved December 23, 2012. (Polish)

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