Diocese of Lutsk
Luceorien(sis) Latinorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lutsk, Ukraine
Latin Church diocese in Volhynia, first established in the 13th century as the Diocese of Luceoria (Lutsk), merged with neighboring sees under Russian rule and restored in 1925. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv; the seat is Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Lutsk.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1404
- Latin
- Luceorien(sis) Latinorum
- Annuario code
- 001002074
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 25,000
- Population
- 2,211,000
- Catholic share
- 1.1%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 1,190
- Extent
- 40,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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 Skomarovskyi
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
Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Lutsk stands in Lutsk, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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 Kyiv-ZhytomyrKyiv-Zhytomyr
- Diocese of MukachevoMukachevo
- Diocese of Odessa-SimferopolOdessa-Simferopol
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Lutsk traces back to the 13th century, when it was first established as the diocese of Luceoria (Latin) or Łuck (Polish). Following Napoleon's victory it was united with the Diocese of Zhytomyr as the diocese of Lutzk-Zhitomir-Kamenetz, which stood as a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Mohilev between 1798 and 1925. The diocese of Lutsk was restored in 1925, at which point the Diocese of Zhytomyr again became separate.
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].