Archdiocese of Lviv
Leopolitan(us) Latinorum
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lviv, Ukraine
Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese canonically erected in 1358 and promoted to metropolitan archdiocese on 28 August 1412, taking over from the suppressed Metropolitan see of Halych. Its six suffragans are Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Mukacheve and Odesa-Simferopol; the seat is the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lviv, a World Heritage Site.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 August 1412
- Latin
- Leopolitan(us) Latinorum
- Annuario code
- 001002079
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 138,000
- Population
- 4,499,000
- Catholic share
- 3.1%
- Priests
- 197
- Catholics per priest
- 701
- Extent
- 68,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- Archbishop
- Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki
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
Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lviv stands in Lviv, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Kamyanets-PodilskyiKamyanets-Podilskyi
- Diocese of Kharkiv-ZaporizhiaKharkiv
- Diocese of Kyiv-ZhytomyrKyiv-Zhytomyr
- Diocese of LutskLutsk
- Diocese of MukachevoMukachevo
- Diocese of Odessa-SimferopolOdessa-Simferopol
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western Ukraine is home to the Archdiocese of Lviv (of the Latins) (Latin: Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum, Ukrainian: Львівська архідієцезія, romanized: lvivska arkhidiyetseziya), a Latin Church ecclesiastical circumscription of the Catholic Church. Its cathedral, the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lviv (Львів), Lviv Oblast, is a minor basilica and a (minor) World Heritage Site.
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].