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Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Lu ...
was first established in the 13th century as the diocese of Luceoria (Latin) or Łuck (Polish). After the victory of
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, the diocese was joined with the diocese of
Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ...
, forming the diocese of Lutzk-
Zhitomir Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ...
- Kamenetz. In 1925, the diocese of Lutsk was restored and the Diocese of Zhytomyr became separate."Diocese of Lutsk"
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"Diocese of Lutsk"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016


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