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Catholic Church
in Ukraine

St. George's Cathedral, Lviv

Type| National polity
Classification| Catholic Church
Orientation| European
Polity| Episcopal
Pope| Pope Francis
Major Archbishop
(UGCC)| Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Archbishop
(Latin)| Mieczysław Mokrzycki
Bishop
(RGCC)| Nil Lushchak (Apostolic administrator)
Region| Ukraine
Language| Church Slavonic, Ukrainian

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St. Nicholas Roman Catholic church in Kyiv.

The Catholic Church in Ukraine (Latin: Ecclesia Catholica in Ucraina; Ukrainian: Католицька церква в Україні) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholics make up 10% of the population of Ukraine.[1][2]

The majority of Catholics in Ukraine belong to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, while significant numbers of others belong to the Latin Church, Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo and Armenian Catholic Church.

## History and data

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The Catholic Church in Ukraine consists of members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church as well as the Latin Church, Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, and the Armenian Catholic Church.

The majority of Ukrainian Catholics belong to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Latin Church in the territories of modern Ukraine has been strongly associated with Poland and Poles, but the church has emphasized a Ukrainian identity since the nation's independence from the Soviet Union.

The history of the Catholic Church in modern Ukraine starts as early as the 10th century when Christianity in Ruthenia was established as a state religion in 988 taking place before the East–West Schism. While records of Christians and Christian temples in the Medieval state predate the date. In mid-10th century, Kyiv was visited by a mission that was led by bishop Adalbert of Magdeburg out of Trier Monastery. Following the schism, the Ruthenian Church which was brought to Kyiv by the Byzantine Greeks ended up among Eastern Orthodox Churches. After annexation of the Kingdom of Ruthenia by the Kingdom of Poland in course of the Galicia–Volhynia Wars in Lviv was established the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv in the 14th century. In mid-15th century Metropolitan of Kyiv Isidore attempted to unite the Ruthenian Church with the Catholic world by attending the Council of Florence.

Due to the conflict with the Grand Duchy of Moscow, in 1458 the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Isidore II reorganized the Ruthenian Church moving its metropolitan see to Vilnius. Until 1480, the metropolitan see of the Church was held by a metropolitan bishop appointed by the Pope including Gregory the Bulgarian and Misail Pstruch. In 1595, there was signed the Union of Brest which officially united the Ruthenian Church with the Catholic Church accomplishing the intent of Metropolitan Isidore. Following partitions of Poland, in 1839 in Polotsk pressured by the Russian government most of bishops of the Ruthenian Uniate Church signed the union with the Patriarchate of Moscow, while diocese that became part of the Austrian Empire were reorganized as Greek-Catholic Church.

In 1630, a bishop of Armenian Apostolic Church Mikołaj Torosowicz also signed a union with the Catholic Church establishing Armenian Catholic diocese of Lwow.

In 1646, another Eastern Orthodox diocese of Mukachevo signed the Union of Uzhhorod and for sometime was guided by the Archbishop of Eger in Hungary.

In 2001, Ukraine was visited by Pope John Paul II, who held official and informal meetings in Kyiv and Lviv.[3] Communities from both the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Latin Church warmly greeted the Pope. Additionally, Non-Catholic religious communities publicly expressed a hope that the visit would encourage a spiritual and cultural renewal in the country which has been troubled by economic and social problems.[4]

Catholic charity Caritas Spes (by 2007 information) functions in 12 regions of the country, has 40 centers engaging 500 employees and volunteers.[5] It runs six family-style homes for orphans with 60 children, financed health rehabilitation camps situated in environmentally healthful areas around Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Transcarpathian regions, benefits 2,500 children each year. About 12,000 Ukrainian children, mainly victims of Chernobyl, orphans, and children from poor families, had their health improved in this way in 2002–2007.[5]

Among the Catholics of Ukraine there are Ukrainians, Poles, Hungarians, Filipinos and other peoples.

## Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

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Main article: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. The ordinary (or hierarch) of the church holds the title of Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych and All Ruthenia, though the hierarchs and faithful of the church have acclaimed their ordinary as "Patriarch" and have requested Papal recognition of, and elevation to, this title. Major archbishop is a unique title within the Catholic Church that was introduced in 1963 as part of political compromise. Since March 2011, the head of the church is Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk.

## Latin Catholic Church in Ukraine

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Main article: Latin Church in Ukraine

Roman-Catholic parish in Transcarpathia region of Ukraine

The present Archbishop for the Latins is Mieczysław Mokrzycki (ordained on 29 September 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI).[6]

Roman Catholic Diocese and Decanates in Ukraine

The Latin Church in Ukraine had in 2007; 905 communities, 88 monasteries, 656 monks and nuns, 527 priests, 713 churches (74 under construction), 39 missions, 8 educational institutions, 551 Sunday schools, 14 periodical editions.[7][8]

### Latin Catholic cathedrals in Ukraine

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* Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, in Kamyanets-Podilsky
* Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kharkiv
* Merciful Father Co-Cathedral, in Zaporizhzhia
* Saint Sophia Cathedral, in Zhytomyr
* St. Alexander Co-Cathedral, in Kyiv
* Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, in Lutsk
* Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lviv
* Cathedral of St. Martin of Tours, in Mukacheve
* Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, in Odesa.[9]

## Hierarchy

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See: List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine

## See also

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* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv
* Superior Institute of Religious Sciences of St. Thomas Aquinas
* Ukrainian Catholic University
* Granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine

## References

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1. ^ "Релігія і церква в українському суспільстві: соціологічне дослідження" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
2. ^ "Релігія і церква в українському суспільстві: Результати соціологічного дослідження" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
3. ^ Ukraine Remembers Visit of John Paul II, Zenit News Agency, June 2006
4. ^ Ukraine responds to the Papal Visit, Religious Information Service of Ukraine
5. ^ a b Sixteen Years a Short Period to Learn the Charity Habit, Interview with Caritas-Spes Head of Ukraine, RISU Portal, September 2007
6. ^ Catholic Hierarchy Portal News
7. ^ Parafiyalna Gazeta (Roman Catholic newspaper), N 24, December, 2007, in Ukrainian
8. ^ Roman Catholicism in Ukraine, Religious Information Service of Ukraine web-site
9. ^ GCatholic Directory

## External links

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* The Latin Church in Ukraine
* Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine
* OFM in Ukraine

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Catholic Church in Ukraine

Hierarchy, including ecclesiastical circumscriptions

Ukrainian
Greek
Catholic
Church|

| Major
archeparchy|

* Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk

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Metropolitan
archeparchies|

* Kyiv: Sviatoslav Shevchuk
* Lviv: Ihor Vozniak
* Ivano-Frankivsk: Volodymyr Viytyshyn
* Ternopil–Zboriv: Vasyl Semeniuk

Eparchies|

* Buchach: Dmytro Hryhorak
* Chernivtsi: Yosafat Moschych
* Kamyanets-Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk
* Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk
* Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz
* Sokal–Zhovkva: Mykhaylo Koltun
* Stryi: Taras Senkiv

Archiepiscopal
exarchates|

* Donetsk: Stepan Meniok
* Kharkiv: Vasyl Tuchapets
* Krym: Mykhaylo Bubniy (Archiepiscopal Administrator)
* Odesa: Mykhaylo Bubniy
* Lutsk: Yosafat Hovera

Curial and
auxiliary
bishops|

* Volodymyr Firman (Ternopil–Zboriv)
* Petro Holiney (Kolomyia)
* Volodymyr Hrutsa (Lviv)
* Andriy Khimyak (Kyiv)
* Hryhoriy Komar (Sambir–Drohobych)
* Petro Loza (Sokal–Zhovkva)
* Bohdan Manyshyn (Stryi)
* Teodor Martynyuk (Ternopil–Zboriv)
* Yosyf Milyan (Kyiv)
* Maksym Ryabukha (Donetsk)
* Mykola Semenyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk)
* Stepan Sus (Curial Bishop)

Bishops
emeritus|

* Iryney Bilyk (Buchach)
* Wasyl Medwit (Donetsk)

Defunct
circumscriptions|

* Eparchy of Zboriv
* Eparchy of Volodymyr and Brest
* Eparchy of Lutsk and Ostroh

Ruthenian
Greek
Catholic
Church|

| Eparchy sui iuris|

* Mukachevo: Teodor Matsapula

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Auxiliary bishop|

* Nil Lushchak (Mukachevo)

Episcopal
Conference
of Ukraine
of the
Latin Church|

| Metropolitan
archdiocese|

* Lviv: Mieczysław Mokrzycki

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Dioceses|

* Kamyanets-Podilskyi: Leon Dubrawski
* Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia: Pavlo Honcharuk
* Kyiv-Zhytomyr: Vitaliy Kryvytskyi
* Lutsk: Vitaliy Skomarovskyi
* Mukachevo: Mykola Luchok
* Odesa-Simferopol: Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk

Auxiliary bishops|

* Eduard Kava (Lviv)
* Leon Malyi (Lviv)
* Jacek Pyl (Odesa-Simferopol)
* Jan Sobilo (Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia)
* Radoslaw Zmitrowicz (Kamyanets-Podilskyi)
* Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy (Kyiv-Zhytomyr)

Bishops emeritus|

* Bronislaw Bernacki (Odesa-Simferopol)
* Marian Buczek (Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia)
* Antal Majnek (Mukachevo)
* Markijan Trofimiak (Lutsk)

Armenian
Catholic
Church|

| Non-metropolitan
archeparchy|

* Lviv: vacant

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Ordinariate for
Faithful of
the Eastern Rite|

* Eastern Europe (for Armenia, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine): Kevork Noradounguian (Archbishop)

Emeritus|

* Mikael Bassalé (Apostolic Administrator Emeritus)

Apostolic
Nunciature|

| Apostolic Nuncio|

* Visvaldas Kulbokas (Archbishop)

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States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

Dependencies and
other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
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* Svalbard

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All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and religious organisations

Members|

* Armenian Oriental Orthodox
* Orthodox Church of Ukraine
* Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
* Catholics (Latin rite)
* Catholics (Byzantine rite)
* Ukrainian Lutherans
* German Lutherans
* Evangelical Christians-Baptists
* Evangelical Christians
* Evangelicals Pentecostals
* Evangelical Faith Christians
* Ukrainian Bible Society
* Sub-Carpathian Reformists
* Seventh Day Adventists
* Crimean Muslims
* Ukrainian Muslims
* Jews

Former members|

* Odesa Association of Christian Churches

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Christianity in Ukraine

Eastern Orthodoxy|

| Autocephalous|

* Orthodox Church of Ukraine

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Autonomous|

* Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)a

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Noncanonical|

* Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate)

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Former|

* Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

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Oriental Orthodoxy|

* Armenian Apostolic Church
* Diocese of Ukraine

Catholicism|

| Latin Church|

* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv

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Eastern Catholic|

| Papal recognition|

* Ukrainian Greek Catholic
* Ruthenian Greek Catholic
* Armenian Catholic

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Independent|

* Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic

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Protestantism|

| Baptist|

* All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists
* Brotherhood of Independent Baptist Churches and Ministries of Ukraine

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Lutheran|

* German Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Ukraine
* Ukrainian Lutheran Church

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Reformed|

* Reformed Church in Sub-Carpathia/ Reformed Church in Transcarpathia
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine
* Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church
* Reformed Presbyterian Church of Central and Eastern Europe

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Pentecostal|

* Ukrainian Free Churches – Union of the Evangelical Christians
* Ukrainian Missionary Church
* Ukrainian Pentecostal Church
* Victory Christian Church

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Other Protestant|

* Ukrainian Bible Society
* Mennonite

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Non-trinitarian|

* Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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