List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine
There are no pre-diocesan or other exempt Latin jurisdictions.
The Catholic Church in Ukraine comprises
- one Latin ecclesiastical province headed by the Metropolitan archbishop of Lviv, with 6 suffragan dioceses each headed by a bishop
- a more extensive hierarchy of the Eastern Catholic consisting of
- a large Ukrainian Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite)
- additional dioceses of Ruthenian Catholics (also Byzantine rite) and Armenian Catholics (Armenian Rite).
There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level), in the national capital Kiev.
Episcopal Conference of Ukraine
Current Byzantine (Greek) Catholic (Arch)Eparchies
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Metropolitanates
- Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych, the Major Archeparchy and head of the particular church
- Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv, the proper Metropolitan Archeparchy, at Kiev (Kyiv)
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea (Krym), on the Russian-annexed Crimea, with cathedral see at Simferopol
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa
- Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv (Metropolitan Archeparchy)
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal – Zhovkva
- Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv (Metropolitan Archeparchy)
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
- Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (Metropolitan Archeparchy)
Ruthenian Greek Catholic
(Byzantine rite)
- Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve, directly dependent on the Holy See.
Current Latin Dioceses
Ecclesiastical province of Lviv
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv (1375–1945, 1991–)
- Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (1320–1925 as diocese of Kiev (Zhytomyr), 1991–)
- Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
- Diocese of Lutsk
- Diocese of Mukacheve
- Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia
- Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol
Note that, even though Crimea was annexed by the Russian Federation in March 2014, this is not taken into account by the Catholic hierarchy. The Latin rite Catholics of Crimea therefore belong to the Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol which is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv.[1]
Current Armenian Catholic Jurisdiction
(Armenian rite)
- exempt Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe, directly dependent on the Holy See
- Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv, directly dependent on the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
Former jurisdictions
Former jurisdictions without current successor sees are :
- TO BE CHECKED/COMPLETED
Titular sees
(all Latin Rite)
- TO BE WIKIFIED
- Metropolitan Titular archbishoprics : Archdiocese of Sugdaea (Sugdæa)
- Archiepiscopal : Archdiocese of Bosporus, Chersonesus in Zechia, Archdiocese of Phulli
- Episcopal titular bishoprics : Diocese of Caffa, Diocese of Cembalo, Diocese of Soldaia
Other Defunct Latin
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