Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia

Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis Єпархія Харків-Запоріжжя
The Cathedral of the Assumption, Kharkiv
Location
Country	Ukraine
Ecclesiastical province	Lviv
Metropolitan	Lviv
Statistics
Area	196,300 km² (75,800 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 18,090,000 40,000 (0.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Кафедральний собор Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kharkiv
Co-cathedral	Прокафедральний собор Бога Отця Милосердного Cocathedral of the Merciful Father in Zaporizhia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk
Auxiliary Bishops	Jan Sobiło
Emeritus Bishops	Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap., Marian Buczek
Map
Location of the Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia (Latin: Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk is the current bishop of the diocese. He was appointed to the See of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia in April 2014.

History

The history of the diocese begins in 2002, when territory from the dioceses of the Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, and the Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr was split off and merged. The result created two dioceses with Catholic of around 5 percent, and one diocese with only 0.4, which is one of the lowest for any diocese.

Geography

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.

Ordinaries

Bishop Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M.Cap. (4 May 2002 – 19 March 2009)
- coadjutor bishop Marian Buczek (16 July 2007 – 19 March 2009)
Bishop Marian Buczek (19 March 2009 – 12 April 2014)
- auxiliary bishop Jan Sobilo (30 October 2010 – present), titular bishop of Bulna
Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (12 April 2014 – present)

Footnotes

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Latin and Eastern Catholic dioceses in Ukraine
(Bold = Metropolitan)
Latin Province of Lviv	Archdiocese of Lviv Diocese of Kyiv–Zhytomyr Diocese of Kamyanets–Podilskyi Diocese of Lutsk Diocese of Mukacheve Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia Diocese of Odessa–Simferopol
Eastern Catholic sui iuris	*Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych, the head of the particular church* Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea (Krym), (Russian-annexed Crimea) Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa / exempt Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe, directly dependent on the Holy See Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv, directly dependent on the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia / Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve
Ukrainian Catholic Province of Lviv	*Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv* Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal – Zhovkva Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi
Ukrainian Catholic Province of Ivano-Frankivsk	*Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk* Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi
Ukrainian Catholic Province of Ternopil – Zboriv	*Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv* Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilsky
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Coordinates: 49°59′47″N 36°14′06″E / 49.9964°N 36.2350°E / 49.9964; 36.2350

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