The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mukachevo () is a

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of the

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of the

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Antal Majnek Antal Majnek, OFM (November 18, 1951 in Budapest, Hungary) is the Roman Catholic bishop emeritus of the diocese of Mukachevo. Biography In 1977 he joined the Franciscan Order in Hungary. On April 17, 1982 Majnek was ordained priest in Budapest. ...

is the current bishop of the

. He was appointed to the See of

Mukachevo Mukachevo (, ; , ; see name section) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated in the valley of the Latorica River and serves as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion. The city is a rail terminus and highway junct ...

(Hungarian:

Munkács Mukachevo (, ; , ; see name section) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated in the valley of the Latorica River and serves as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion. The city is a rail terminus and highway junctio ...

) in 1997.

History

The history of the diocese begins 1993 when the Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia (

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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 Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

, 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

until 28 January 2022.

Geography

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

Ordinaries

, O.F.M. (7 October 1997 – 28 January 2022) ** Mykola Luchok, O.P. (28 January 2022 – 7 October 2023),

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* Mykola Luchok, O.P. (since 7 October 2023)

External links

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Ukraine {{Europe-RC-diocese-stub

History

Geography

Ordinaries

See also

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