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The Catholic Church in Ukraine comprises * one Latin ecclesiastical province headed by the Metropolitan
archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
of Lviv, with 6
suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
dioceses each headed by a bishop * a more extensive hierarchy of the Eastern Catholic consisting of ** a large
Ukrainian Catholic Church Ukrainian Catholic Church may refer to: * Latin Church in Ukraine * Greek Catholic Churches (Eastern Catholic communities of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Ukraine, in communion with the Church of Rome) **Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church **Ukraini ...
''sui iuris'' (
Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...
) ** additional dioceses of Ruthenian Catholics (also Byzantine rite) and Armenian Catholics (Armenian Rite). There are no pre-diocesan or other exempt Latin Church jurisdictions. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine as papal diplomatic representation (embassy-level), in the national capital Kyiv.


Episcopal Conference of Ukraine


Current Byzantine (Greek) Catholic (Arch)Eparchies


Ukrainian Greek Catholic Metropolitanates

* '' Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Halych, the Major Archeparchy and head of the particular church'' **''
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese (archeparchy) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in the central part of Ukraine. The ordinary is ...
, the proper Metropolitan Archeparchy, at Kyiv'' **''
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym ( la, Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Crimenses) was established on 13 February 2014 from the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – Crimea. Because of the Annexation of Crimea ...
(Krym), ''on the Russian-annexed Crimea, with cathedral see at Simferopol **''
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk ( la, Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Doneckiensis) is one of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ( Byzantine Rite, Ukrainian language)'s five Archiepiscopal Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-dioc ...
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Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv The Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv ( la, Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Charcoviensis) was established on 2 April 2014 after division of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk – Kharkiv in two Exarchates . The current, and ...
'' **'' Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk'' **''
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa The Ukrainian Catholic ''Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – Crimea'' was established on 11 January 2002 from the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod (which has now become the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia). ...
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Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv The Archeparchy of Lviv is a metropolitan archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. History Eparchy of Halych (1156 – 1406) The eparchy was established as the Orthodox Eparchy of Halych suffragan to Metropolitan of Kiev at some tim ...
(Metropolitan Archeparchy)'' **''
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi The Eparchy of Stryi is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It is a suffragan see of the Archeparchy of Lviv. The first Eparch was Bishop Julian Gbur, who was appointed to this position by Pope John Paul II on 21 July 2000. He die ...
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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...
'' **'' Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal – Zhovkva'' * ''
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...
(Metropolitan Archeparchy)'' **''
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach Buchach is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine. The eparchy is suffragan to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv. The eparchy was established on 21 July 2000. The first and only eparch was ...
'' **'' Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi'' * ''
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is an Archeparchy ( Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Byzantine rite in Ukrainian language) in Ukraine. It depends on the ...
(Metropolitan Archeparchy)'' **''
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chernivtsi The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chernivtsi is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine. The eparchy is a suffragan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk. The eparchy was established on 12 Septemb ...
'' **'' Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia''


Ruthenian Greek Catholic

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Byzantine rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...
) * '' Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, directly dependent on the Holy See.''


Current Latin Dioceses


Ecclesiastical province of Lviv

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv (of the Latins) ( la, Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine. Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica an ...
(1375–1945, 1991–) ** Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (1320–1925 as diocese of Kyiv (Zhytomyr), 1991–) ** Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi ** Diocese of Lutsk ** Diocese of Mukachevo ** Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia ** Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol Note that, even though Crimea was annexed by the Russian Federation in March 2014, this is not taken into account by the Catholic hierarchy. The Latin Church Catholics of Crimea therefore belong to the Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol which is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv.Catholic Hierarchy – Ukraine
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Current Armenian Catholic Jurisdiction

( Armenian rite) * ''exempt Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe, directly dependent on the Holy See'' * ''
Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv is a former, non-Metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Armenian Rite). It existed in 1630 to 1944. It is immediately dependent on the Armeni ...
, directly dependent on the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia''


Former jurisdictions

Former jurisdictions without current successor sees are : :TO BE CHECKED/COMPLETED


Titular sees

(all Latin Church) :TO BE WIKIFIED * Metropolitan Titular archbishoprics : Archdiocese of Sugdaea (Sugdæa) * Archiepiscopal : Archdiocese of Bosporus, Chersonesus in Zechia, Archdiocese of Phulli * Episcopal titular bishoprics : Diocese of Caffa, Diocese of Cembalo, Diocese of Soldaia


Other Defunct Latin

* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halyč (Galicia) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodomeria * Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhytomyr


Defunct Eastern Catholic

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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh The Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh (Lutsk–Ostroh of the Ukrainians) was a suffragan eparchy of the Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia in the Ruthenian Uniate Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It was situated in the Polish ...
* Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest *
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Zboriv The Eparchy of Zboriv was an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the ecclesiastical province of Lviv. It was established in 1993 and disestablished in 2000. History * April 20, 1993: Established on territory split off from the ...
* Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia * Ukrainian Catholic
Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna The Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna ( pl, Egzarchat Apostolski Łemkowszczyzny; uk, Апостольський Екзархат Лемківщини) was a short-lived missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction (exempt, i.e. immediately subjec ...
(not in Ukrainian territory nor serving Ukrainians, rather
Lemko people Lemkos ( rue, Лeмкы, translit= Lemkŷ; pl, Łemkowie; uk, Лемки, translit=Lemky) are an ethnic group inhabiting the Lemko Region ( rue, Лемковина, translit=Lemkovyna; uk, Лемківщина, translit=Lemkivshchyna) of Car ...
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See also

* List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)


References

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Sources and external links


GCatholic.org - data for all sections


* Ukraine Catholic dioceses