Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhytomyr

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhytomyr was twice a Latin Catholic diocese in part of Ukraine: from 1321 to 1789 and again from 1925 to 1998.

History
  • Established in 1321 as Diocese of Zhytomyr / Žytomyr / Zytomierz (Latin: Zytomerien(sis))
  • Suppressed on 8 August 1798, its territory being reassigned to establish the Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz
  • Restored on 28 October 1925 as Diocese of Žytomyr / Zhytomyr / Zytomierz (Latin: Zytomerien(sis)), on territory returned from the above Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz.
  • Suppressed again on 25 November 1998, to establish the Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr; however, its cathedral of the Holy Wisdom is the new bishopric's episcopal seat, while first-mentioned Kyiv (Ukraine's national capital Kiev) only has a co-cathedral (and a former cathedral).

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Žytomyr
very incomplete : most incumbents unavailable
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    • Auxiliary Bishop: Antanas Karosas (Antoni Karaś) (1906.11.08 – 1910.04.07), Titular Bishop of Dorylæum (1906.11.08 – 1910.04.07; later Bishop of Sejny (1910.04.07 – 1925.10.28), Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania) (1926.04.05 – death 1947.07.07)
  • Jan Purwiński (1991.01.16 – 1998.11.25), next first Bishop of successor daughter see Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine) (1998.11.25 – 2011.06.15)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1994.11.26 – 1998.11.25), Titular Bishop of Surista (1994.11.26 – 2014.04.12), next as Auxiliary Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine) (1998.11.25 – 2014.04.12), also Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk (Ukraine) (2012.07.24 – 2014.04.12); later Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (2014.04.12 – ...).

See also
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