The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr () is a
suffragan
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diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Latin Church
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of the
Catholic Church
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in
Ukraine
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in
ecclesiastical province
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of the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is the
St. Sophia's Cathedral, Zhytomyr. It also has, both in Kyiv: a
Co-Cathedral
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of St. Alexander, and a former cathedral, now Church of St. Nicholas.
History
* Established in 1321 as Diocese of Kyiv / Chiovien(sis) (Latin) / Kiovien(sis) (Latin adjective)
* The Diocese of Kyiv was established once more in 1405, with the help of the Dominican order.
* Renamed in 1638 as Diocese of Kijów-Czernihów / Kyiv and Chernihiv (English) / Kiovien(sis) et Chiovien(sis) (Latin)
* Suppressed on 1798.08.08, its territory being reassigned to establish the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz.
* Restored on 1998.11.25 as Diocese of Kyïv–Zhytomyr / Kiovien(sis)–Zytomerien(sis) (Latin) on territory split off from the suppressed
Diocese of Zhytomyr (itself split off in 1925 from the
Diocese of Lutsk-Zhytomyr), whose last incumbent was appointed here
* Lost a substantial portion of the diocesan territory on 4 May 2002, to establish the
Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 219,600 Catholics (2.7% of 8,182,668 total) on 111,600 km² in 162 parishes and 124 missions with 160 priests (60 diocesan, 100 religious), 277 lay religious (112 brothers, 165 sisters) and 36 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all
Roman Rite
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)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Kyiv (Kijów, Kiev)''
* Henryk,
Dominican Order
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(O.P.) (1321 – ?)
* Jakub, O.P. (? – death 1386)
* Mikołaj, O.P. (? – ?)
* Borzysław, O.P. (? – ?)
* Andrzej (1397 – death 1434)
* Jan (? – death 1466)
* Klemens (? – death 1473)
* Jan Filipowicz (1519 – death 1537)
* Franciszek (? – death 1551)
* Jan Andruszewicz (1545 – 1556.08.27), next Bishop of
Łuck and Włodzimierz (
Poland
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) (1556.08.27 – death 1567)
* Mikołaj Pac (1557 – death 1585)
*
Józef Wereszczyński
Józef Wereszczyński (born 1530 in Zbaraż, died 1598) was a Polish political writer, polemicist, moralist, preacher, and bishop of Kiev.
He was probably born in Zbaraż, in 1530, as the son of Andrzej of Ruthenian origin, and Anna née Jarosk ...
(1592 – death 1598)
* Krzysztof Kazimirski (1598 – death 1618.06.15)
*
Bogusław Radoszewski (1619.01.17 – 1633.06.06), next Bishop of
Łuck
Lutsk (, ; see below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a population of
A city wit ...
(Poland) (1633.06.06 – death 1638)
*
Bishop-elect
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Andrzej Szołdrski (1633 – 1635.01.14); after his episcopal consecration Bishop of
Poznań
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(Poland) (1635.01.14 – death 1650.04.01) and Bishop of
Przemyśl
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(Poland) (1635.08.14 – 1636.07.21)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Kijów–Czernihów''
* Aleksander Sokołowski (1636.07.21 – death 1645.05.09)
*
Stanisław Zaremba (1646.04.23 – death 1653.08.03)
* Jan Leszczyński (1655–1656)
* Tomasz Ujejski,
Jesuit Order
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(S.J.) (1656 – resigned 1676), also/next
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Warmia (
Poland
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) (1666 – death 1689.08.01)
**
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
: Stanislaus Giannotti,
Canons Regular of Saint Augustine
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(C.R.S.A.) (1659.12.01 – death 1681),
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Fez (1659.12.01 – 1681)
* Jan Stanisław Witwicki (1679.06.12 – 1682.05.25), next Bishop of
Łuck
Lutsk (, ; see below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a population of
A city wit ...
(Poland) (1682.05.25 – 1687.11.24), Bishop of
Poznań
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(Poland) (1687.11.24 – 1698.03.04)
*
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski (1683.11.15 – 1692.10.15), next Bishop of
Płock
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(Poland) (1692.10.15 – 1699.05.25), Bishop of
Warmia (Poland) (
698.06.061699.05.25 – death 1711.05.01) and
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Sambia (
Prussia
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) (1699.05.25 – 1711.05.01)
*
Mikołaj Stanisław Święcicki (1697–1699), next Bishop of
Poznań
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(Poland) (1699 – death 1707)
* Jan Paweł Gomoliński (1698 – death 1711)
* Walenty Maciej Arcemberski (? – 1717)
*
Jan Joachim Tarło, S.J. (1718.12.05 – 1723.03.15), next Bishop of
Poznań
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(Poland) (
7221723.03.15 – 1732.08.13)
* Samuel Jan Ożga (1723.09.27 – death 1756.04.19)
**
Coadjutor Bishop
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The coa ...
: Józef Antoni Łaszcz (1741.08.07 – 1748.01.31),
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Antipatris (1738.06.23 – 1748.01.31), previously as
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
of
Diocese of Chełm (Poland) (1738.06.23 – 1741.08.07)
** Auxiliary Bishop: Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz (1739.07.20 – 1740.09.16), Titular Bishop of
Mennith (1739.07.20 – 1740.09.16); later Bishop of
Samogitia
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(
Lithuania
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) (1740.09.16 – death 1762.01.31)
*
Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk (1756.04.19 – 1759.03.13), succeeding as previous
Coadjutor Bishop
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The coa ...
of Kijów–Czernihów (1749.09.22 – 1756.04.19) and
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Emmaus
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(1749.09.22 – 1756.04.19); later Bishop of
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
(Poland) (
759.02.121759.03.13 – death 1788.07.30)
*
Józef Andrzej Załuski (1759.09 – death 1774.01.07)
**
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
: Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki,
Piarists
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(Sch. P.) (1763.01.24 – retired 1781), Titular Bishop of
Cambysopolis (1763.01.24 – death 1803)
* Ignacy Franciszek Ossoliński,
Conventual Franciscans
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(O.F.M. Conv.) (1774.01.07 – death 1784.08.07), previously Titular Bishop of
Dardanus (1765.04.22 – 1774.01.07), first as
Coadjutor Bishop
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The coa ...
of
Bacău
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(
Moldavia
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) (1765.04.22 – 1773.12.20), then as Coadjutor Bishop of Kijów–Czernihów (1773.12.20 – succession 1774.01.07)
**
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
: Franciszek Remigiusz Zambrzycki (1781.12.10 – death 1826), Titular Bishop of
Dardanus (1781.12.10 – 1826)
* Kacper Kazimierz Cieciszowski (1784.08.07 – 1798.11.17), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of
Theveste
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History
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(1775.05.29 – 1784.08.07) and Coadjutor Bishop of Kijów–Czernihów (1775.05.29 – 1784.08.07); later Bishop of
Lutsk and Zytomierz (
Russian Partition
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) (1798.11.17 – 1828.06.23), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Mohilev (
Russian Partition
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) (1828.06.23 – 1831.04.28)
*'' long vacancy, yet :''
**
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
: Cyryl Lubowidzki (1884.03.24 – 1897.08.02), Titular Bishop of
Dulma (1884.03.24 – 1897.08.02); later Bishop of
Lutsk and Zytomierz (Ukraine) (1897.08.02 – death 1898.06.09) and Apostolic Administrator of
Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky (Ukraine) (1897.08.02 – 1898.06.09)
**''
Apostolic Administrator
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Father Teofil Skalski (1926–1932), no other prelature''
;''Suffragan Bishops of Kyïv–Zhytomyr''
*
Jan Purwinski (16 January 1991 – retired 15 June 2011), previously last Bishop of mother see
Žytomyr (Ukraine) (1991.01.16 – 1998.11.25)
**
Auxiliary Bishop
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...
:
Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk,
O.F.M. (1998.11.25 – 2014.04.12),
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Surista (1994.11.26 – 2014.04.12), previously as Auxiliary Bishop of
Diocese of Žytomyr (Ukraine) (1994.11.26 – 1998.11.25); also Apostolic Administrator of
Diocese of Lutsk (Ukraine) (2012.07.24 – 2014.04.12); later Bishop of
Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (2014.04.12 – ...)
* Archbishop
Petro (Herkulan) Malchuk,
O.F.M. (born
Slobozia-Rașcov,
Moldava) (15 June 2011 – 27 May 2016)
*''
Apostolic Administrator
An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
Vitaliy Skomarovskyi (2016.05.31 – ...), while Bishop of
Luck
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(Ukraine) (2014.04.12 – ...); formerly
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Bencenna (2003.04.07 – 2014.04.12) as Auxiliary Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine) (2003.04.07 – 2014.04.12).''
* Bishop
Vitaliy Kryvytskyi,
S.D.B. (2017.04.30 – ...), no previous prelature.
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine
*
Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
References
Sources and external links
Diocesan website*
ttp://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkyiv.html Catholic Hierarchy
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Ukraine