The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr ( la, Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis) is a
suffragan
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diocese
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History
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of the
Latin Church
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of the
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in
Ukraine
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in
ecclesiastical province
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cathedral
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* Established in 1321 as Diocese of Kyiv / Chiovien(sis) (Latin) / Kiovien(sis) (Latin adjective)
* The Diocese of Kyiv was established once more in 1405, with the help of the Dominican order.
* Renamed in 1638 as Diocese of Kijów-Czernihów / Kyiv and Chernihiv (English) / Kiovien(sis) et Chiovien(sis) (Latin)
* Suppressed on 1798.08.08, its territory being reassigned to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz.
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* Restored on 1998.11.25 as Diocese of Kyïv–Zhytomyr / Kiovien(sis)–Zytomerien(sis) (Latin) on territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Zhytomyr (itself split off in 1925 from the Diocese of Lutsk-Zhytomyr), whose last incumbent was appointed here
* Lost a substantial portion of the diocesan territory on 4 May 2002, to establish the Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 219,600 Catholics (2.7% of 8,182,668 total) on 111,600 km² in 162 parishes and 124 missions with 160 priests (60 diocesan, 100 religious), 277 lay religious (112 brothers, 165 sisters) and 36 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all
Roman Rite
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)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Kyiv (Kijów, Kiev)''
* Henryk,
Dominican Order
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(O.P.) (1321 – ?)
* Jakub, O.P. (? – death 1386)
* Mikołaj, O.P. (? – ?)
* Borzysław, O.P. (? – ?)
* Andrzej (1397 – death 1434)
* Jan (? – death 1466)
* Klemens (? – death 1473)
* Jan Filipowicz (1519 – death 1537)
* Franciszek (? – death 1551)
* Jan Andruszewicz (1545 – 1556.08.27), next Bishop of Łuck and Włodzimierz (
Poland
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) (1556.08.27 – death 1567)
* Mikołaj Pac (1557 – death 1585)
* Józef Wereszczyński (1592 – death 1598)
* Krzysztof Kazimirski (1598 – death 1618.06.15)
*
Bogusław Radoszewski Bogusław Radoszewski (c. 1577–1638) of Oksza coat of arms was a Polish noble and Roman Catholic priest. Born around 1577 at Siemkowice, he became the abbot of Order of Saint Benedict monastery Święty Krzyż on Łysa Góra, he was the Bis ...
(1619.01.17 – 1633.06.06), next Bishop of
Łuck
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(Poland) (1633.06.06 – death 1638)
*
Bishop-elect
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Andrzej Szołdrski
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(1633 – 1635.01.14); after his episcopal consecration Bishop of
Poznań
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(Poland) (1635.01.14 – death 1650.04.01) and Bishop of
Przemyśl
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(Poland) (1635.08.14 – 1636.07.21)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Kijów–Czernihów''
* Aleksander Sokołowski (1636.07.21 – death 1645.05.09)
* Stanisław Zaremba (1646.04.23 – death 1653.08.03)
* Jan Leszczyński (1655–1656)
* Tomasz Ujejski,
Jesuit Order
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Warmia
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(
Poland
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) (1666 – death 1689.08.01)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Stanislaus Giannotti,
Canons Regular of Saint Augustine
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(C.R.S.A.) (1659.12.01 – death 1681),
Titular Bishop
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of Fez (1659.12.01 – 1681)
* Jan Stanisław Witwicki (1679.06.12 – 1682.05.25), next Bishop of
Łuck
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(Poland) (1682.05.25 – 1687.11.24), Bishop of
Poznań
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(Poland) (1687.11.24 – 1698.03.04)
*
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski
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Early life
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(1683.11.15 – 1692.10.15), next Bishop of
Płock
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(Poland) (1692.10.15 – 1699.05.25), Bishop of
Warmia
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(Poland) ( 698.06.061699.05.25 – death 1711.05.01) and
Apostolic Administrator
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Prussia
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Poznań
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(Poland) (1699 – death 1707)
* Jan Paweł Gomoliński (1698 – death 1711)
* Walenty Maciej Arcemberski (? – 1717)
*
Jan Joachim Tarło
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Jan Joachim T ...
, S.J. (1718.12.05 – 1723.03.15), next Bishop of
Poznań
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(Poland) ( 7221723.03.15 – 1732.08.13)
* Samuel Jan Ożga (1723.09.27 – death 1756.04.19)
**
Coadjutor Bishop
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: Józef Antoni Łaszcz (1741.08.07 – 1748.01.31),
Titular Bishop
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of
Antipatris
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(1738.06.23 – 1748.01.31), previously as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Chełm (Poland) (1738.06.23 – 1741.08.07)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz (1739.07.20 – 1740.09.16), Titular Bishop of Mennith (1739.07.20 – 1740.09.16); later Bishop of
Samogitia
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Lithuania
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) (1740.09.16 – death 1762.01.31)
* Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk (1756.04.19 – 1759.03.13), succeeding as previous
Coadjutor Bishop
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of Kijów–Czernihów (1749.09.22 – 1756.04.19) and
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...
of Emmaus (1749.09.22 – 1756.04.19); later Bishop of
Kraków
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Piarists
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(Sch. P.) (1763.01.24 – retired 1781), Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis (1763.01.24 – death 1803)
* Ignacy Franciszek Ossoliński,
Conventual Franciscans
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(O.F.M. Conv.) (1774.01.07 – death 1784.08.07), previously Titular Bishop of Dardanus (1765.04.22 – 1774.01.07), first as
Coadjutor Bishop
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of
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Moldavia
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) (1765.04.22 – 1773.12.20), then as Coadjutor Bishop of Kijów–Czernihów (1773.12.20 – succession 1774.01.07)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Franciszek Remigiusz Zambrzycki (1781.12.10 – death 1826), Titular Bishop of Dardanus (1781.12.10 – 1826)
* Kacper Kazimierz Cieciszowski (1784.08.07 – 1798.11.17), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of
Theveste
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History
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(1775.05.29 – 1784.08.07) and Coadjutor Bishop of Kijów–Czernihów (1775.05.29 – 1784.08.07); later Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (
Russian Partition
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) (1798.11.17 – 1828.06.23), Metropolitan Archbishop of
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Russian Partition
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) (1828.06.23 – 1831.04.28)
*'' long vacancy, yet :''
** Auxiliary Bishop: Cyryl Lubowidzki (1884.03.24 – 1897.08.02), Titular Bishop of Dulma (1884.03.24 – 1897.08.02); later Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine) (1897.08.02 – death 1898.06.09) and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky (Ukraine) (1897.08.02 – 1898.06.09)
**''
Apostolic Administrator
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Father Teofil Skalski (1926–1932), no other prelature''
;''Suffragan Bishops of Kyïv–Zhytomyr''
* Jan Purwinski (16 January 1991 – retired 15 June 2011), previously last Bishop of mother see Žytomyr (Ukraine) (1991.01.16 – 1998.11.25)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (1998.11.25 – 2014.04.12),
Titular Bishop
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Slobozia-Rașcov
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Apostolic Administrator
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(Ukraine) (2014.04.12 – ...); formerly
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...
of Bencenna (2003.04.07 – 2014.04.12) as Auxiliary Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine) (2003.04.07 – 2014.04.12).''
* Bishop Vitaliy Kryvytskyi,
List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine
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Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
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