Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv
| Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum Митрополія Львова | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lviv |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 4,499,000 138,000 (3.1%) |
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| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral |
Митрополича базиліка-санктуарій Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії (Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Leon Maly |
| Emeritus Bishops | Marian Cardinal Jaworski |
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 Location of the Archdiocese of Lviv | |
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The Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins (Latin: Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine. Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki is the current metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese.
History
The diocese was canonically erected on August 28, 1412 by Pope Gregory XII.
Pope John Paul II visited the archdiocese as part of his papal visit to Ukraine in June 2001. This included a Papal Address to the young people in Lviv.
Geography
The archdiocese has six suffragan dioceses which are Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Mukacheve and Odessa-Simferopol.
Ordinaries
List of recent archbishops
Also see List of Roman Catholic bishops of Lwów
| Incumbent | Term Start | Term Finish | Notes |
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| Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz | 25 Mar 1815 | 30 Sep 1833 | Appointed, Archbishop of Praha (Prague) |
| Franz Xavier Luschin | 18 Mar 1834 | 9 Jan 1835 | Appointed, Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca |
| St. Józef Bilczewski | 17 Dec 1900 | 30 Mar 1923 | Died |
| Boleslaw Twardowski | 3 Aug 1923 | 22 Nov 1945 | Died |
| Eugeniusz Baziak | 22 Nov 1945 | 15 Jun 1962 | Died |
| Marian Cardinal Jaworski | 16 Jan 1990 | 21 Oct 2008 | Retired |
| Mieczysław Mokrzycki | 21 Oct 2008 |
Statistics
As of 16 July 2007 there are 138 priests, 1 permanent deacon and 213 religious in the archdiocese.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Vatican Information Service July 16, 2007
See also
External links
- Website of the Archdiocese
- GCatholic.org
- catholic-hierarchy.org
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lemberg". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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Coordinates: 49°50′27″N 24°01′50″E / 49.84083°N 24.03056°E