Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr
Infobox Diocese
country = Ukraine
name = Kyiv-Zhytomyr
jurisdiction = Diocese
latin = Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis
bishop = Jan Purwinski
auxiliary_bishops =Vitaliy Skomarovskyi and
Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk| cathedral = ?
rite = Latin
area = 222,300
population = 8 680 000
catholics = 270 000
catholics_percent = 3.1
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (Latin: "Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis") is a diocese of the Latin rite of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Jan Purwinski is the current bishop of the diocese. He was appointed to the See of Kyiv-Zhytomyr in 1992.
History
The history of the diocese begins in 1925, when the diocese of Lutsk-Zhytomyr was split into the dioceses of Lutsk and Zhytomyr. In 1998, the diocese was renamed the diocese of Kyiv-Zytomyr. In May of 2002, a substantial portion of the diocese was split off to form the diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia.
Geography
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.
Ordinaries
*Jan Purwinski (16 Jan 1991 Appointed - )
Footnotes
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
External links
*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkyiv.html
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