Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia (Latin: Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Pavlo Honcharuk is the current bishop of the diocese.
Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis Єпархія Харків-Запоріжжя | |
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 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 (including non-members) | (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 Zaporizhzhia |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Pavlo Honcharuk |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Jan Sobilo |
| Bishops emeritus | Marian Buczek |
| Map | |
 Location of the Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia | |
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 Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (12 April 2014 – 2 February 2019)
- Apostolic Administrator Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (2 February 2019 – 6 January 2020)
- Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk (since 6 January 2020)
Footnotes
See also
- Roman Catholic Deanery of Sumy
- Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
External links
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| Latin Province of Lviv |
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| 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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