Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr
Kiovien(sis)-Zytomerien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Latin Church diocese originally established in 1321 as the Diocese of Kyiv, suppressed in 1798 and restored in its current form on 25 November 1998. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv; the seat is St. Sophia's Cathedral in Zhytomyr with the Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander in Kyiv.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1321
- Latin
- Kiovien(sis)-Zytomerien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001926
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 219,200
- Population
- 8,165,300
- Catholic share
- 2.7%
- Priests
- 157
- Catholics per priest
- 1,396
- Extent
- 222,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Vitaliy Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Sophia's Cathedral, Zhytomyr stands in Kyiv-Zhytomyr, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lviv
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lviv.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LvivLviv
- Diocese of Kamyanets-PodilskyiKamyanets-Podilskyi
- Diocese of Kharkiv-ZaporizhiaKharkiv
- Diocese of LutskLutsk
- Diocese of MukachevoMukachevo
- Diocese of Odessa-SimferopolOdessa-Simferopol
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Latin Church in Ukraine, belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (Latin: Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis) has its cathedral episcopal see at St. Sophia's Cathedral, Zhytomyr. In Kyiv it also possesses the Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander and a former cathedral, now the Church of St. Nicholas.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].