Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol
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Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol
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| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lviv |
| Diocesan bishop | Stanislav Schyrokoradjuk OFM |
| Auxiliary bishop | Jacek Pyl |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Bronislaw Bernacki |
| founding | 2002 |
| surface | 138,000 km² |
| Parishes | 156 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 8,500,000 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 18,000 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 316 |
| Friars | 20 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
| cathedral | Assumption of the Virgin Mary |
| Website | www.rkc.odessa.ua |
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The Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol ( Latin Dioecesis Odesensis-Sympheropolitanus , Ukrainian Одесько-Сімферопольська дієцезія ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the south of Ukraine with its seat in Odessa . Its territory includes the Oblasts of Odessa , Mykolaiv , Kherson and Kirovohrad , the Crimea and the western part of the Dnepropetrovsk Oblast .
history
The diocese was rebuilt in 2002 under Pope John Paul II by separating it from the Diocese of Kamianets-Podilskyi . The first bishop until February 2020 was Bronisław Bernacki . He was followed by Stanislav Schyrokoradjuk OFM .
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on September 18, 2019.
