Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia

Dioecesis Kharkiviensis-Zaporizhiensis

Bishop(s)

Pavlo Honcharuk, Bishop
Jan Sobiło, Auxiliary Bishop
Marian Buczek, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 4 May 2002
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lviv
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Ukraine
Square Kilometers: 196,300 (75,820 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: https://www.catholic-kharkiv.org
Mailing Address: vul. Gogola 4, 61057 Kharkiv, Ukraina
Telephone: (057)706.17.06
Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries

Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. † (4 May 2002 Appointed - 19 Mar 2009 Retired)
Marian Buczek (19 Mar 2009 Succeeded - 12 Apr 2014 Resigned)
Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (12 Apr 2014 Appointed - 2 Feb 2019 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol)
Pavlo Honcharuk (6 Jan 2020 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
4 May 2002	Erected	Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia) Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (Kharkiv, Luhansk, Pollava, and Sumy)	Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

2003 60,000 19,082,600 .3% 9 22 31 1,935 27 43 35 ap2004

2004 70,000 19,082,100 .4% 6 24 30 2,333 33 46 40 ap2005

2006 61,200 19,561,190 .3% 8 32 40 1,530 53 61 53 ap2007

2013 40,000 18,090,000 .2% 23 40 63 634 48 48 51 ap2014

2016 47,000 15,775,000 .3% 19 30 49 959 39 46 54 ap2017

2019 48,430 15,621,350 .3% 20 29 49 988 37 43 54 ap2020

2021 47,680 15,442,590 .3% 19 29 48 993 2 35 52 54 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
2003	60,000	19,082,600	.3%	9	22	31	1,935		27	43	35	ap2004
2004	70,000	19,082,100	.4%	6	24	30	2,333		33	46	40	ap2005
2006	61,200	19,561,190	.3%	8	32	40	1,530		53	61	53	ap2007
2013	40,000	18,090,000	.2%	23	40	63	634		48	48	51	ap2014
2016	47,000	15,775,000	.3%	19	30	49	959		39	46	54	ap2017
2019	48,430	15,621,350	.3%	20	29	49	988		37	43	54	ap2020
2021	47,680	15,442,590	.3%	19	29	48	993	2	35	52	54	ap2022