Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia
| Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lviv |
| Diocesan bishop | Pawlo Honczaruk |
| Auxiliary bishop | Jan Sobiło |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Marian Buczek |
| founding | May 4, 2002 |
| surface | 196,300 km² |
| Parishes | 54 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 15,775,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 47,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 959 |
| Friars | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
| cathedral | Holy Virgin Mary |
| Co-cathedral | Gracious Sir |
| address | Via Gogola 4 61057 Kharkiv Ukraine Tel .: +38 572 470 142 |
| Website | catholic-kharkiv.org |
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The Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia ( Latin Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis , Ukrainian Харківсько-Запорізька дієцезія ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ukraine . The church district today includes the oblasts of Sumy , Kharkiv , Luhansk , Donetsk , Zaporizhia , Poltava and the eastern part of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast .
history
- 1886 : Foundation of an Apostolic Administration in Kharkiv .
- 1926 : Administrator Wincenty Ilgin is captured by the Soviet authorities and finally expelled in 1933.
- 2002 : The diocese is reestablished by separating it from the Zhytomyr-Kiev and Kamianets-Podilskyi dioceses .
