Roman Catholic Diocese of Mukachevo

Diocese of Mukachevo Dioecesis Munkacsiensis Latinorum Єпархія Мукачево
The Cathedral of St Martin of Tours, Mukachevo
Location
Country	Ukraine
Ecclesiastical province	Lviv
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Lviv
Population - Catholics	(as of 2013) 58,000
Information
Rite	Latin
Cathedral	Кафедральний собор св. Мартина з Туру Cathedral of St. Martin of Tours in Mukacheve
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Mykola Luchok, O.P.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mieczysław Mokrzycki
Bishops emeritus	Antal Majnek, O.F.M.
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mukachevo (Latin: Dioecesis Munkacsiensis Latinorum) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Antal Majnek is the current bishop of the diocese. He was appointed to the See of Mukachevo (Hungarian: Munkács) in 1997.

History

Map of Roman-Catholic parish in Transcarpathia region of Ukraine (2020)

The history of the diocese begins 1993 when the Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia (Latin Name: Transcarpatiae Latinorum) was split off from the Diocese of Szatmár. This is unique among the Ukrainian dioceses, the remainder of which were all split off from Lviv, which has been associated with Polish culture. Mukachevo Roman Catholics are mostly members of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine. Elevated to a diocese in 2002, its first bishop was Antal Majnek until 28 January 2022.

Geography

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.

Ordinaries

• Antal Majnek, O.F.M. (7 October 1997 – 28 January 2022)
  • Mykola Luchok, O.P. (28 January 2022 – 7 October 2023), Apostolic Administrator
• Mykola Luchok, O.P. (since 7 October 2023)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ukraine

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy