Erected a diocese on 28 October 1925 by the bull of Pope Pius XI Vixdum Poloniae unitas. Erected an archdiocese on 25 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II by the bull Totus Tuus Poloniae populus. The metropolitan see is Częstochowa with the Basilica of the Holy Family. The patron saint of the archdiocese is the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland.