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Suffragan diocese Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr

Kiovien(sis)-Zytomerien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

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The address the register holds for St. Sophia's Cathedral, Zhytomyr, in Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine.

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Established
1321
Catholics
219,200
Priests
157
Territory
222,300 km²

Parishes and churches

145 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Vitaliy Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.

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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.

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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.

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