Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv
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Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum Митрополія Львова |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lviv |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 4,499,000 138,000 (3.1%) |
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| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Митрополича базиліка-санктуарій Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії (Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Leon Maly |
| Emeritus Bishops | Marian Cardinal Jaworski |
| Map | |
 Location of the Archdiocese of Lviv |
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The Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins (Latin: Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine. Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki is the current metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese.
The diocese was canonically erected on August 28, 1412 by Pope Gregory XII.
Pope John Paul II visited the archdiocese as part of his papal visit to Ukraine in June 2001. This included a Papal Address to the young people in Lviv.
The archdiocese has six suffragan dioceses which are Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Mukacheve and Odessa-Simferopol.
Also see List of Roman Catholic bishops of Lwów
As of 16 July 2007 there are 138 priests, 1 permanent deacon and 213 religious in the archdiocese.
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