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
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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

2023 47,400 15,350,000 .3% 12 24 36 1,316 28 30 40 ap2024

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
2023	47,400	15,350,000	.3%	12	24	36	1,316		28	30	40	ap2024