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
The Cathedral of the Assumption, Kharkiv
Location
Country Ukraine
Ecclesiastical provinceLviv
MetropolitanLviv
Statistics
Area196,300 km2 (75,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2013)
18,090,000
40,000 (0.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralКафедральний собор Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії
Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kharkiv
Co-cathedralПрокафедральний собор Бога Отця Милосердного
Cocathedral of the Merciful Father in Zaporizhzhia
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPavlo Honcharuk
Auxiliary BishopsJan Sobilo
Bishops emeritusMarian 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

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