Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia

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Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia

Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis

Єпархія Харків-Запоріжжя
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Location
CountryUkraine
Ecclesiastical province Lviv
Metropolitan Lviv
Headquarters Kharkiv
Coordinates 49°59′47″N36°14′08″E / 49.99639900°N 36.23544710°E / 49.99639900; 36.23544710
Statistics
Area196,300 km2 (75,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
15,621,350
48,430 (0.3%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established4 May 2002;21 years ago (2002-05-04)
CathedralКафедральний собор Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kharkiv
Co-cathedralПрокафедральний 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
Kharkiv-Zaporizhia diocese location.png
Location of the Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia
Website
www.catholic-kharkiv.org

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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History

The diocese was created 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

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