Roman Catholic Diocese of Luck
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Diocese of Lutsk Dioecesis Luceoriensis Єпархія Луцьку |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lviv |
| Metropolitan | Lviv |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 40,300 km2 (15,600 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 2,211,000 25,000 (1.1%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1404 |
| Cathedral | Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Lutsk |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vitaliy Skomarovskyi |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
| Emeritus Bishops | Markijan Trofimiak |
The Roman Catholic diocese of Lutsk was first erected in the 13th century as the diocese of Luceoria o Łuck. After the victory of Napoleon, the diocese was united with the diocese of Zytomir and Zytomirsk, into the diocese of Lutzk, Zhitomir and Kamenetz. Finally, in 1925, the diocese of Lutsk was restored and the Diocese of Zytomir was split off.
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