I. L. OF THE LATINS. - The metropolitan archbishopric of the Latins, with its seat at Halicz, was established by the bull *Debitum pastoralis officii* of Gregory XI, dated 13 February 1375, with the following suffragan dioceses: Przemysl (Premislia), Luck (Luceria), Chelm (Chelm), Kamieniec Podolski (the see was founded in 1375 with the first bishop, Wilhelm, d. 1375), Kiev (Kijów), where the first bishop was the aforementioned abbot of Opatów, Gerard, in 1234–41 (the diocese was suppressed in 1795 after the partition of Poland), Ceret or Seret, founded in 1370 with the first bishop Andrzej, later bishop of Wilna.
The current suffragan dioceses are Przemysl and Luck. The first archbishop (of Halicz) was Maciej, d. 1377. Between 1412 and 1414, the episcopal see was transferred to Lwów. Area: 2,215 sq. km. (nine-tenths of the archdiocese are currently under Soviet occupation). The following statistics refer to 1939. Catholics: 81,000 (987,800). Parishes: 29 (416). Diocesan priests: 57 (795). Regular priests: 4 (279). Religious women: 38. Major seminary. In 1939, there were 69 male religious houses with 543 members; 292 female houses with 2,470 members. Educational institutions: 6 male with 630 pupils; 16 female with 1,835 pupils. Charitable, welfare, and healthcare institutions: 138 with 1,532 residents. Diocesan priests who perished during the Soviet and German occupations: 81, either massacred or died in prison or concentration camps.
Notable archbishops: Bl. Jakub Strepa, d. 1411, buried in the cathedral; his cult was confirmed on 11 September 1790; Mikołaj Traba (1358–1422), later the first Primate of Poland; Jan Rzeszowski, first archbishop of Lwów, d. 1436; Grzegorz z Sanoka, writer, d. 1477; Jan Długosz (1415–80), historian; Wilczek h. Poraj, d. 1540; Jan Dymitr Solikowski, d. 1603; Mikołaj