The Co-Cathedral of the Merciful Father ( uk, Прокафедральний собор Бога Отця Милосердного ) also called Co-Cathedral of Zaporizhzhia is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...

in the European country of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. The cathedral follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the co-cathedral of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia ( la, Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Pavlo Honcharuk is the current bishop of the diocese. The diocesan seat is the ...

(''Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis'', Харківсько-Запорізька дієцезія) which was created in 2002 by bull "Ad plenius prospiciendum" of

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

. Its history dates back to April 5, 1998 when he was blessed plot of land for future building by Bishop

Stanislaw Padewski Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M.Cap. (18 September 1932 – 29 January 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1957, Padewski served as auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi from 1995 to 1998 ...

. On October 7, 1999 the first stone in the presence of Bishop

Leon Dubrawski Maximilian Leon Dubrawski ( uk, Максиміліан Леон Дубравський; born July 1, 1949) is the Roman Catholic bishop of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Life Dubrawski was born near Zhytomyr, present day Ukraine. In 1978 he entered the se ...

, sent from Rome is placed. The church was designed by architects of Ukraine, partly following the model of the

Basilica of St. Peter's The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican ( it, Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica ( la, Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal e ...

in Rome. On August 7, 2004, the cathedral was consecrated by the bishops Stanisław Padewski, Leon Dubrawski, among others

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Merciful Father Cathedral, Church Roman Catholic cathedrals in Ukraine Buildings and structures in Zaporizhzhia Roman Catholic churches completed in 2004

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