Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr
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Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis Єпархія Київ-Житомир |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lviv |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 222,300 km2 (85,800 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 8,181,778 220,000 (2.7%) |
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| Rite | Latin |
| Cathedral |
Катедральний собор собор св. Олександра Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Kiev |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop |
Vacant Vitaliy Krivitskiy (Bishop Elect) |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (Latin: Dioecesis Kioviensis-Zytomeriensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Ukraine in ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom, in Żytomierz (Житомир), Zhytomyr Oblast.
It also has, both in Kyiv (Київ), Kiev: a Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, in Kyiv (Київ), and a former cathedral, now Church of St. Nicholas.
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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.
(all Roman Rite)
Coordinates: 50°15′17″N 28°39′17″E / 50.2548°N 28.6547°E
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