Diocese of Mukacheve
| Diocese of Mukacheve | |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lviv |
| Diocesan bishop | Antal Majnek OFM |
| Auxiliary bishop | Mykola Petro Lutschok OP |
| Vicar General | Peter Zharkovski OFM |
| founding | 1993 |
| Parishes | 100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,245,836 (December 1, 2005) |
| Catholics | 54,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 4.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,500 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Ukrainian , Hungarian |
| cathedral | St. Martin |
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The Mukacheve diocese ( Latin Dioecesis Munkacsiensis Latinorum , Ukrainian Мукачівська дієцезія ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in western Ukraine . The parish today includes the Transcarpathian Oblast .
history
St. Martin's Cathedral at Mukachevo
- 1993: Establishment of the Transcarpathian Apostolic Administration for the Ukrainian Oblast of the same name , the territory of which was disputed for a long time between Czechoslovakia , Hungary and the Soviet Union . The area previously belonged to the diocese of Satu Mare in what is now Romania .
- 2002: Elevation to the diocese based in Mukachevo .
Bishops
- 2002– Antal Majnek OFM
Apostolic Administrator from 1995–2002
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.rkc.lviv.ua ( Memento from February 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
