Archdiocese of Lviv
| Archdiocese of Lviv | |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Diocesan bishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Leon Mały Eduard Kawa OFM Conv |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Marian Cardinal Jaworski |
| founding | 1361 |
| surface | 68,000 km² |
| Parishes | 278 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 4,500,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 142,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 3.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 140 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 57 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 721 |
| Friars | 79 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 138 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
| cathedral | Assumption of Mary in Lviv |
| address | Ploscha Katedralny 1 79008 Lviv Ukraina Tel .: +38 322 769415 |
| Website | www.rkc.lviv.ua |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Kamianets-Podilskyi Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia Diocese of Kiev-Zhytomyr Diocese of Lutsk Diocese of Mukacheve Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol |
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The Archdiocese of Lviv ( Latin Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum , Ukrainian Львівська архідієцезія ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Ukraine . The church district in the north of the country today includes the oblasts of Lviv , Ternopil , Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi .
history
Around 1361, King Casimir the Great of Poland established a number of dioceses, including one in Halych , after he had subjugated the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia . Around 1412 the (arch) bishopric was moved from Halytsch to Lemberg. Suffragan dioceses at that time were Przemyśl , Chełm , Lutsk , Kamjanez and Kiev . 1772/95 the western parts of the archdiocese coincided with Lemberg, Przemysl and Chelm in the partitions of Poland to Habsburg . The eastern parts of the archdiocese with Lutsk , Kamyanets and Zhytomyr fell to Russia and were incorporated into the newly founded Archdiocese of Mahiljou . In 1817/18 the Diocese of Lublin (since 1805 instead of Chełm ) was spun off into the Archdiocese of Warsaw . The Archbishop of Lviv bears the title of Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria . Suffragan dioceses are Przemyśl and Tarnów .
In the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1861-1918) the Archbishop of Lemberg had a virile vote in the Galician Landtag .
See also
- List of the Archbishops of Lviv
- Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- List of former Catholic dioceses
- City of Lviv
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Lviv on catholic-hierarchy.org
- 'Lemberg' in Catholic Encyclopedia (English)
