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
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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. Marian Buczek is the current bishop of the diocese. He was appointed to the See of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia in March 2009.

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

Footnotes

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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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