The Diocese of Odesa-Simferopol ( la, Odesensis-Sympheropolitanus) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
in southern
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
and
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
.
A significant part of the
Latin Church in Ukraine, it covers an area equivalent to about one-third the size of Poland including areas impacted by
2014 Crimean crisis
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
The events in Kyiv ...
, and the
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine.
Since 2014, there has been a de facto inter-state border that splits the diocese.
Bronislaw Bernacki is the current bishop of the
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
. He was appointed to the
See of Odesa-Simferopol in May 2002 and is based in
Odesa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...
. Jacek Pyl is an auxiliary bishop and is based in
Simferopol.
History
The history of the diocese begins in 2002, when the diocese of Odesa-Simferopol was erected from the
Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi. The diocese's "basic work" began about the time of the
Fall of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
in 1991.
Auxiliary bishop Pyl described the diocese in 2014 as “missionary territory” with “many challenges.”
He reported that there were about 64 priests and 3,000 faithful in the diocese.
In 2014, in Crimea there were seven parishes and 13 priests and masses were celebrated mainly in Russian but also in English, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Polish.
As of 2014, Simferopol does not have a
co-cathedral.
“We have been waiting for the last 20 years to get permission to build a church,” Bishop Pyl is quoted as saying.
Plans for a co-cathedral had been underway but were put on hold following Russian annexation of Crimea.
Geography
The diocese is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.
Bishops
*Bishop
Bronislaw Bernacki (4 May 2002 – 18 February 2020)
**Auxiliary Bishop
Petro Herkulan Malchuk,
O.F.M. (29 March 2008 – 15 June 2011)
**Auxiliary Bishop
Jacek Pyl,
O.M.I. (23 November 2012 – )
*Coadjutor Bishop
Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk,
O.F.M. (2 February 2019 – 18 February 2020)
[
*Bishop Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk (18 February 2020][ – present)
]
See also
* Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
Footnotes
External links
Diocesan website
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Odessa-Simferopol
Religion in Odesa
Religion in Crimea
Christian organizations established in 2002
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century
2002 establishments in Ukraine