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Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis Єпархія Харків-Запоріжжя | |
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Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Ecclesiastical province | Lviv |
Metropolitan | Lviv |
Headquarters | Kharkiv |
Coordinates | 49°59′47″N36°14′08″E / 49.99639900°N 36.23544710°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 196,300 km2 (75,800 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 15,621,350 48,430 (0.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 4 May 2002 |
Cathedral | Кафедральний собор Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kharkiv |
Co-cathedral | Прокафедральний собор Бога Отця Милосердного Co-Cathedral of the Merciful Father, Zaporizhzhia |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Pavlo Honcharuk |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
Auxiliary Bishops | Jan Sobilo |
Bishops emeritus | Marian Buczek |
Map | |
Location of the Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia | |
Website | |
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The Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia (Latin : Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Pavlo Honcharuk is the current bishop of the diocese. The diocesan seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kharkiv, and the co-cathedral is the Co-Cathedral of the Merciful Father in Zaporizhzhia.
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