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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv

Coordinates: 49°50′27″N 24°01′50″E / 49.84083°N 24.03056°E / 49.84083; 24.03056
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Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins

Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum

Львівська архідієцезія
Location
CountryUkraine
Ecclesiastical provinceLviv
Statistics
Area68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
4,499,000
138,000 (3.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralМитрополича базиліка-санктуарій Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії
(Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMieczysław Mokrzycki
Auxiliary BishopsLeon Malyi, Eduard Kava
Map
Location of the Archdiocese of Lviv
Location of the Archdiocese of Lviv
Website
website

The Archdiocese of Lviv (of the Latins) (Latin: Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum) (Ukrainian: Львівська архідієцезія) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine.

Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica and (Minor) World Heritage Site: Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lviv (Львів), Lviv Oblast. The diocese has a second Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in Chernivtsi (Чернівці), Chernivtsi Oblast.

Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki is the current metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese. In Kyiv exists Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine since 1992.

History

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Coat of arms of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv

The diocese was canonically erected in 1358 (or 1375[1]) as Diocese of Lviv / Lwow / Leopoli (Italian) / Leopolitan(us) Latinorum (Latin adjective)

Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 138,500 Roman Catholics (3.1% of 4,500,000 total) on 68,000 km² in 278 parishes with 196 priests (140 diocesan, 56 religious), 215 lay religious (76 brothers, 139 sisters) and 32 seminarians.

As of 16 July 2007 there were 138 priests, 1 permanent deacon and 213 religious in the archdiocese.[2]

As per 2014: 12 deaneries, the area of 68,000 km², 286 parishes.[3]

Ecclesiastical province

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The archdiocese is a metropolitan see with six Latin suffragan sees in its ecclesiastical province:

Structure

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And also Seminary in Briukhovychi.[3]

Episcopal ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Lviv
  • Konrad (? – ?)
    • ? 1375–1380 Maciej
    • ? 1384–1390 Bernard
    • ? 1391–1409 blessed Jakub Strzemię (Jakub Strepa)
    • ? 1410–1412 Mikołaj Trąba
  • Jerzy Eberhardi, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1390.03.16 – ?)
  • Herman Wytkind, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1401.01.07 – ?)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Lviv
  • Jan Rzeszowski (1414.12.23 – death 1436.08.12), previously (last) Metropolitan Archbishop of merged-in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halyč (Galicia, Ukraine) (1412.08.26 – 1414.12.23)
TO COMPLETE / ELABORATE

Auxiliary episcopate

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TO BE ELABORATED AND WORKED-IN

•Auxiliary Bishop: Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. (1998 – 2002.05.04) •Auxiliary Bishop: Markijan Trofimiak (1991.01.16 – 1998.03.25) •Auxiliary Bishop: Rafal Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. (1991.01.16 – 1995.11.23) •Auxiliary Bishop: Eugeniusz Baziak (later Archbishop) (1933.09.15 – 1944.03.01) •Auxiliary Bishop: Francis Lisowski (1928.07.20 – 1933.01.27) •Auxiliary Bishop: Bolesław Twardowski (later Archbishop) (1918.09.14 – 1923.08.03) •Auxiliary Bishop: Wladyslaw Bandurski (1906.09.26 – 1932.03.06) •Auxiliary Bishop: Joseph Weber, C.R. (1895.12.02 – 1906.05.26) •Auxiliary Bishop: Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (later Cardinal) (1886.02.26 – 1895.01.22) •Auxiliary Bishop: Seweryn Morawski (later Archbishop) (1881.05.13 – 1885.02.15) •Auxiliary Bishop: Valery Henryk Kamionko (1815.07.10 – 1840.08.26) •Auxiliary Bishop: Kajetan Ignacy Kicki (later Archbishop) (1783.07.18 – 1797.12.18) •Auxiliary Bishop: Ferdynand Onufry Kicki (later Archbishop) (1777.04.23 – 1778.09.28) •Auxiliary Bishop: Kryspin Cieszkowski (1772.12.14 – 1792?) •Auxiliary Bishop: Samuel Głowiński (1733.12.02 – 1776.09.14) •Auxiliary Bishop: Hieronim Maciej Jełowicki (1725.02.21 – 1732.01.08) •Auxiliary Bishop: Stefan Bogusław Rupniewski (1713.05.22 – 1716.12.23) •Auxiliary Bishop: John Skarbek (later Archbishop) (1696.01.02 – 1713.01.30)

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Archdiocese of Lviv, The Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum in Ucraina.
  2. ^ Vatican Information Service July 16, 2007
  3. ^ a b c d e f Archdiocese of Lviv
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  • GCatholic.org - data for all sections
  • Website of the Archdiocese
  • catholic-hierarchy.org
  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lemberg" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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