Archbishop of Kraków explained

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.

List of bishops and archbishops of Kraków^[1] ! #!!Years!!Name!Notes

1	1000–1014(?)	Poppon
2	1014(?)–1023/30(?)	Lambert I
3		Gompo
4	ca.1032–ca.1046	Rachelin
5	ca.1046–1059	Aron
6	1061 - 1071	Lambert Suła
7	1072 - 1079	Stanisław Szczepanowski	Martyr, canonized as Saint Stanislaus, co-patron saint of the diocese
8	ca.1082 - ca.1100	Lambert III
9	1101 - ca.1103	Czesław
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	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	Nankier Kołda	Ordered 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, acquired the Duchy of Siewierz for the bishopric, was made a cardinal by both Eugene IV and Felix V.
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	1591 - 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 Dąmbski
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	Cardinal in 1890
73	1895 - 1911	Jan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko	Cardinal in 1901; submitted veto against Cardinal Rampolla in 1903 conclave.
74	1911 - 1951	Adam Stefan Sapieha	Cardinal in 1946; ordained Karol Wojtyla, future Pope John Paul II.
75	1951 - 1962		Archbishop of Lwów, Apostolic Administrator of Kraków
76	1964 - 1978		Cardinal in 1967; later elected Pope John Paul II; later canonized, co-patron saint of the diocese
77	1978 - 2005	Franciszek Macharski	Cardinal in 1979
78	2005 - 2016	Stanisław Dziwisz	Cardinal in 2006
79	2017 -	Marek Jędraszewski

Karol Mazurkiewicz

Auxiliary bishops

Since 1303, the archdiocese of Kraków has frequently had one or more auxiliary bishops as well as the metropolitan bishop.

!#!Years!Name!Notes

1	1303–1306	Marcin
2	1347–1348	Jan
3	1360–c. 1371	Tomasz z Sienna
4	1395–1412	Zbigniew z Łapanowa
5	1423–1444	Jarosław z Lublina
6	1446–1461	Jerzy
7	1464–1498	Paweł z Krakowa
8	1499–1503	Marian Lulias
9	1503–1526	Jan Amicinus
10	1527–1544	Dominik Małachowski
11	1544–1546	Erazm Ciołek
12	1547–1559	Andrzej Spot
13	1560–1565	Stanisław Słomowski
14	1566–1577	Marcin Białobrzeski
15	1578–1586	Jakub Milewski
16	1587–1614	Paweł Dembski
18	1614–1645	Tomasz Oborski
19	1645–1657	Wojciech Lipnicki
20	1658–1689	Mikołaj Oborski
21	1690–1700	Stanisław Szembek
22	1700–1705	Kazimierz Łubieński
23	1706–1726	Michał Szembek
24	1726–1751	Michał Kunicki
25	1753–1786	Franciszek Podkański
26	1786–1806	Józef Olechowski
27	1787–1798	Wojciech Radoszewski
28	1767–1807	Jan Kanty Lenczowski
29	1811–1814	Augustyn Karol Lipiński
30	1816–1830	Tomasz Nowina-Nowiński
31	1824–1841	Franciszek Zglenicki
32	1845–1868	Ludwik Łętowski
33	1862–1879	Antoni Junosza Gałecki
34	1900–1924	Anatol Nowak
35	1927–1958	Stanisław Rospond
36	1951	Eugeniusz Baziak	Appointed Apostolic administrator of Kraków in July 1951
37	1958–1964	Karol Wojtyła	Archbishop of Kraków from 1964-1978, later elected Pope John Paul II
38	1960–1992	Julian Groblicki
39	1962–1988	Jan Pietraszko
40	1970–1993	Albin Małysiak
41	1970–1992	Stanisław Smoleński
42	1985–1992	Kazimierz Górny
43	1988–2004	Kazimierz Nycz	Created cardinal priest of San Martino ai Monti in 2010
44	1988–2022	Jan Szkodoń
45	2004–2010	Józef Guzdek
46	2004–2014	Jan Zając
47	2011–2017	Grzegorz Ryś
48	2011–present	Damian Muskus
49	2018–present	Janusz Mastalski
50	2020–present	Robert Chrząszcz

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614045543/http://www.diecezja.pl/pl/o-archidiecezji?start=1 Historia Diecezji: Biskupi krakowscy (Kraków bishops).