Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia

Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia

*Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis*

Єпархія Харків-Запоріжжя
Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia; Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis; Єпархія Харків-Запоріжжя
	Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kharkiv
Location
Country	Ukraine
Ecclesiastical province	Lviv
Metropolitan	Lviv
Headquarters	Kharkiv
Coordinates	49°59′47″N 36°14′08″E / 49.99639900°N 36.23544710°E
Statistics
Area	196,300 km2 (75,800 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2019); 15,621,350; 48,430 (0.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	4 May 2002; 22 years ago
Cathedral	Кафедральний собор Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії; Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kharkiv
Co-cathedral	Прокафедральний собор Бога Отця Милосердного; Co-Cathedral of the Merciful Father, Zaporizhzhia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pavlo Honcharuk
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mieczysław Mokrzycki
Auxiliary Bishops	Jan Sobilo
Bishops emeritus	Marian Buczek
Map
	; Location of the Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia
Website
	www.catholic-kharkiv.org

The Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia (Latin: Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Pavlo Honcharuk is the current bishop of the diocese. The diocesan seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kharkiv, and the co-cathedral is the Co-Cathedral of the Merciful Father in Zaporizhzhia.

History

The diocese was created 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

Bishop Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M.Cap. (4 May 2002 – 19 March 2009)
- coadjutor bishop Marian Buczek (16 July 2007 – 19 March 2009)
Bishop Marian Buczek (19 March 2009 – 12 April 2014)
- auxiliary bishop Jan Sobilo (30 October 2010 – present), titular bishop of Bulna
Bishop Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (12 April 2014 – 2 February 2019)
Apostolic Administrator Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (2 February 2019 – 6 January 2020)
Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk (since 6 January 2020)