Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (Latin: Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine in ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.

Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr

Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis

Єпархія Київ-Житомир
Location
Country Ukraine
Ecclesiastical provinceLviv
Statistics
Area222,300 km2 (85,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2015)
Decrease 8,165,300
Decrease 219,200 (Steady 2.7%)
Information
RiteLatin
CathedralSt. Sophia's Cathedral, Zhytomyr
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVitaliy Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.
Metropolitan ArchbishopMieczysław Mokrzycki
Auxiliary BishopsOleksandr Yazlovetskiy

Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Sophia's Cathedral, Zhytomyr. It also has, both in Kyiv: a Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, and a former cathedral, now Church of St. Nicholas.

History
  • Established in 1321 as Diocese of Kyiv / Chiovien(sis) (Latin) / Kiovien(sis) (Latin adjective)
  • The Diocese of Kyiv was established once more in 1405, with the help of the Dominican order.[1]
  • Renamed in 1638 as Diocese of Kijów-Czernihów / Kyiv and Chernihiv (English) / Kiovien(sis) et Chiovien(sis) (Latin)
  • Suppressed on 1798.08.08, its territory being reassigned to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz.

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  • Restored on 1998.11.25 as Diocese of Kyïv–Zhytomyr / Kiovien(sis)–Zytomerien(sis) (Latin) on territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Zhytomyr (itself split off in 1925 from the Diocese of Lutsk-Zhytomyr), whose last incumbent was appointed here
  • Lost a substantial portion of the diocesan territory on 4 May 2002, to establish the Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 219,600 Catholics (2.7% of 8,182,668 total) on 111,600 km² in 162 parishes and 124 missions with 160 priests (60 diocesan, 100 religious), 277 lay religious (112 brothers, 165 sisters) and 36 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Kyiv (Kijów, Kiev)
  • Henryk, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1321 – ?)
  • Jakub, O.P. (? – death 1386)
  • Mikołaj, O.P. (? – ?)
  • Borzysław, O.P. (? – ?)
  • Andrzej (1397 – death 1434)
  • Jan (? – death 1466)
  • Klemens (? – death 1473)
  • Jan Filipowicz (1519 – death 1537)
  • Franciszek (? – death 1551)
  • Jan Andruszewicz (1545 – 1556.08.27), next Bishop of Łuck and Włodzimierz (Poland) (1556.08.27 – death 1567)
  • Mikołaj Pac (1557 – death 1585)
  • Józef Wereszczyński (1592 – death 1598)
  • Krzysztof Kazimirski (1598 – death 1618.06.15)
  • Bogusław Radoszewski (1619.01.17 – 1633.06.06), next Bishop of Łuck (Poland) (1633.06.06 – death 1638)
  • Bishop-elect Andrzej Szołdrski (1633 – 1635.01.14); after his episcopal consecration Bishop of Poznań (Poland) (1635.01.14 – death 1650.04.01) and Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland) (1635.08.14 – 1636.07.21)
Suffragan Bishops of Kijów–Czernihów
Suffragan Bishops of Kyïv–Zhytomyr

See also

References
  1. Kiaupa, Zigmantas; Kiaupienė, Jūratė; Kuncevičius, Albinas (2000). The History of Lithuania before 1795. p. 183.

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