Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia
Infobox Diocese
country = Ukraine
name = Kharkiv-Zaporizhia
jurisdiction = Diocese
latin = Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis
bishop = Stanislaw Padewski
coadjutor_bishops = Marian Buczekcathedral = ?
rite = Latin
area = 196,300
population = 19 082 000
catholics = 60 000
catholics_percent = 0.4
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia ( _la. Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis) is a diocese of the Latin rite of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Stanislaw Padewski is the current bishop of the diocese. He was appointed to the See of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia in May 2002.
History
The history of the diocese begins 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
*Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. (4 May 2002 Appointed - )
Footnotes
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkhza.html
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