The diocese of Kraków was created in 1000 and was made the archdiocese of Kraków on October 28, 1925. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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. Kraków, in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow (ˈkrækaʊ M-W: krăk'ou krāk'ō is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated Bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others this means that they lead From 1443 to 1791, bishops of Kraków were simultaneously Dukes of Siewierz, although it was only Adam Stefan Sapieha who officially abandoned the title. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Duchy of Siewierz was an old Silesian Duchy with its capital in Siewierz, established around 1341 during the times of Fragmentation of Poland. Early life Sapieha was born in 1867 in the castle of Krasiczyn to a family of nobles.
| years | name | |
| 1000–1014(?) | Poppon | |
| 1014(?)–1023/30(?) | Lambert I | |
| 1023/30(?)–ca. 1032 | Gompo | |
| ca. Saint Stanisław Szczepanowski or Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów (July 26 1030 &ndash April 11? 1079 was a Bishop of Kraków known chiefly for having been 1032–ca. 1046 | Rachelin | |
| ca. 1046–1059 | Aron | |
| 1059–1061 | Walot (?) | |
| 1061–1071 | Lambert Suła | |
| 1072–1079 | Stanisław Szczepanowski (Saint Stanislaus), martyr, patron saint of the diocese | |
| ca. Saint Stanisław Szczepanowski or Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów (July 26 1030 &ndash April 11? 1079 was a Bishop of Kraków known chiefly for having been 1082–ca. 1100 | Lambert III | |
| ca. 1100–ca. 1103 | Czesław | |
| ca. 1103–ca. 1109 | Baldwin | |
| 1110–1118 | Maur | |
| 1118–ca. 1141 | Radostl | |
| ca. 1141–1143 | Robert | |
| ca. 1143–ca. 1165 | Mateusz | |
| ca. 1166–ca. 1185 | Gedko | |
| ca. 1185–1207 | Fulko | |
| 1208–1218 | Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek, historian, author of the Polish Chronicle | |
| 1218–1229 | Iwo Odrowąż, ducal chancellor, established numerous monasteries in Southern Poland | |
| 1229–1242 | Wisław Zambra | |
| 1242–1266 | Jan Prandota | |
| 1266–1292 | Paweł of Przemankowo | |
| 1292–1294 | Prokop | |
| 1294–1320 | Jan Muskata | |
| 1320–1326 | Nanker or Nankier Kołda, started the construction of the Gothic Wawel cathedral | |
| 1326–1347 | Jan Grot | |
| 1347–1348 | Piotr of Falków | |
| 1348–1366 | Bodzenta of Września | |
| 1367–1380 | Florian of Morsko | |
| 1380–1382 | Zawisza of Kurozwęki | |
| 1382–1392 | Jan Radlica | |
| 1392–1412 | Piotr Wysz, theologian | |
| 1412–1423 | Wojciech Jastrzębiec | |
| 1423–1455 | Zbigniew Cardinal Oleśnicki, an influential statesman; opposed the Hussites, bought the Duchy of Siewierz for the bishopric | |
| 1455–1460 | Tomasz Strzępiński | |
| 1461–1463 | Jakub of Sienno | |
| 1463–1464 | Jan Gruszczyński | |
| 1464–1471 | Jan Lutek | |
| 1471–1488 | Jan Przerzawski | |
| 1488–1503 | Fryderyk Cardinal Jagiellończyk | |
| 1503–1524 | Jan Konarski | |
| 1524–1535 | Piotr Tomicki | |
| 1536–1537 | Jan Latalski | |
| 1537–1538 | Jan Chojeński | |
| 1538–1545 | Piotr Gamrat | |
| 1546–1550 | Samuel Maciejowski | |
| 1551–1560 | Andrzej Zebrzydowski | |
| 1560–1572 | Filip Padniewski | |
| 1572–1577 | Franciszek Krasiński | |
| 1577–1591 | Piotr Marikowski | |
| 1581–1600 | Jerzy Radziwiłł | |
| 1600–1605 | Bernard Maciejowski | |
| 1607–1616 | Piotr Tylicki | |
| 1616–1630 | Marcin Sugrikowski | |
| 1630–1631 | Andrzej Lipski | |
| 1632–1633 | Jan Olbracht Waza | |
| 1635–1642 | Jakub Zadzik | |
| 1642–1657 | Piotr Gembicki | |
| 1658–1679 | Andrzej Trebicki | |
| 1681–1699 | Jan Małachowski | |
| 1700 | Stanisław Dąbski | |
| 1701–1702 | Jerzy Denhoff | |
| 1710–1719 | Kazimierz Łubieński | |
| 1720–1732 | Felicjan Szeniawski | |
| 1732–1746 | Jan Aleksander Lipski | |
| 1746–1758 | Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski, founded the Załuski Library in Warsaw | |
| 1759–1788 | Kajetan Sołtyk | |
| 1790–1800 | Feliks Tumski | |
| 1805–1813 | Andrzej Gawroński | |
| 1815–1829 | Jan Paweł Woronicz | |
| 1830–1851 | Karol Skórkowski | |
| 1879–1894 | Albin Cardinal Dunajewski | |
| 1895–1911 | Jan Maurycy Paweł Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko | |
| 1911–1951 | Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha | |
| 1951–1962 | Eugeniusz Baziak (Archbishop of Lwów, Apostolic Administrator of Kraków) | |
| 1963–1978 | Karol Cardinal Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) | |
| 1978–2005 | Franciszek Cardinal Macharski | |
| 2005–Present | Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz | |