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
See also
External links
(Bold = Metropolitan) | |
| Latin Province of Lviv | |
| Eastern Catholic sui iuris |
/ exempt Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe, directly dependent on the Holy See
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| Ukrainian Catholic Province of Lviv | |
| Ukrainian Catholic Province of Ivano-Frankivsk | |
| Ukrainian Catholic Province of Ternopil – Zboriv | |
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Coordinates: 49°59′47″N 36°14′06″E / 49.9964°N 36.2350°E