Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi

Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
Dioecesis Camenecensis Latinorum
Єпархія Кам'янець-Подільський
Location
Country Ukraine
Ecclesiastical province Lviv
Statistics
Area 47,100 km2 (18,200 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
2,942,800
250,000 (8.5%)
Information
Rite Latin
Cathedral Кафедральний собор св. Ап. Петра і Павла
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Kamianets-Podilskyi
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski
Metropolitan Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki
Auxiliary Bishops Jan Niemiec
Radosław Zmitrowicz
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Latin: Dioecesis Camenecensis Latinorum) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski is the current bishop of the diocese. He was appointed to the See of Kamianets-Podilskyi in 2002.

History

The history of the diocese begins in 1918, when the diocese was split from the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins. At the time, the diocese comprised most of Ukraine. In May 2002, the diocese was split in three to create the Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia and the Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol.

Geography

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.

Ordinaries

Footnotes

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    Coordinates: 48°40′36″N 26°34′19″E / 48.67667°N 26.57194°E / 48.67667; 26.57194

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