Archdiocese of Lviv

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Bishop(s) Marian Jaworski, Cardinal, Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Coadjutor Archbishop Leon Maly, Auxiliary Bishop Suffragan Dioceses Kamyanets-Podilskyi Kharkiv-Zaporizhia Kyiv-Zhytomyr Lutsk Mukacheve Odessa-Simferopol

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Erected: 28 August 1412 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Ukraine Square Kilometers: 68,000 (26,265 Square Miles) Web Site: http://www.rkc.lviv.ua/Cx4.php3?L=e&D=A Mailing Address: Ploscha Katedralny 1, 79008 Lviv, Ukraina Telephone: (0322)76.94.15 Fax: 96.61.14

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz † (25 Mar 1815 Appointed - 30 Sep 1833 Appointed, Archbishop of Praha {Prague})
• Franz Xavier Luschin † (18 Mar 1834 Appointed - 9 Jan 1835 Appointed, Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca)
• Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski † (23 Mar 1860 Appointed - 1884 Died)
• St. Józef Bilczewski † (17 Dec 1900 Appointed - 20 Mar 1923 Died)
• Boleslaw Twardowski † (3 Aug 1923 Appointed - 22 Nov 1945 Died)
• Eugeniusz Baziak † (22 Nov 1945 Succeeded - 15 Jun 1962 Died)
• Marian Jaworski (16 Jan 1991 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
28 August 1412	Erected		Archdiocese of Lviv (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	987,800			757	279	1,036	953		543	2,470	416	ap1951
1970	77,732	78,209	99.4%	68	5	73	1,064		5	60	27	ap1971
1980	81,000	83,000	97.6%	66	6	72	1,125		6	43	34	ap1981
1990	77,283	77,648	99.5%	72		72	1,073			38	39	ap1991
1999	175,000	6,200,000	2.8%	74	34	108	1,620	1	62	77	235	ap2000
2000	173,000	6,000,000	2.9%	72	35	107	1,616	1	68	90	239	ap2001
2001	170,000	5,800,000	2.9%	81	41	122	1,393	1	78	98	242	ap2002
2002	160,000	5,600,000	2.9%	82	44	126	1,269	1	68	102	253	ap2003
2003	155,000	5,200,000	3.0%	91	43	134	1,156	1	76	109	262	ap2004
2004	154,000	5,000,000	3.1%	95	45	140	1,100	1	80	135	271	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Marian Buczek (Priest: 16 Jun 1979; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 May 2002 to 16 Jul 2007)
• Marian Jaworski (Apostolic Administrator: 21 May 1984; Archbishop: 16 Jan 1991 - )
• Leon Maly (Priest: 7 Jun 1984; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 May 2002)
• Mieczysław Mokrzycki (Priest: 17 Sep 1987; Coadjutor Archbishop: 16 Jul 2007 - )
• Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. (Auxiliary Bishop: 1998 to 4 May 2002)
• Markijan Trofimiak (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jan 1991 to 25 Mar 1998)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz † (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1815 to 30 Sep 1833)
• Wladyslaw Bandurski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Sep 1906 to 6 Mar 1932)
• Eugeniusz Baziak † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Sep 1933; Coadjutor Archbishop: 1 Mar 1944; Archbishop: 22 Nov 1945 to 15 Jun 1962)
• St. Józef Bilczewski † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1900 to 20 Mar 1923)
• Valery Henryk Kamionko † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jul 1815 to 26 Aug 1840)
• Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jan 1991 to 23 Nov 1995)
• Francis Lisowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jul 1928 to 27 Jan 1933)
• Franz Xavier Luschin † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1834 to 9 Jan 1835)
• Jan (Kazimierz) Małachowski † (Priest: 1655 to 22 Jun 1676)
• Severino Morawski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 May 1881)
• Jan Nowicki † (Apostolic Administrator: 23 Mar 1968 to 14 Aug 1973)
• Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna de Kosielsko † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Feb 1886 to 22 Jan 1895)
• Marian Jozef Rechowicz † (Apostolic Administrator: 31 Dec 1973 to 28 Sep 1983)
• Boleslaw Twardowski † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Sep 1918; Archbishop: 3 Aug 1923 to 22 Nov 1945)
• Joseph Weber, C. R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Dec 1895; Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary: 15 Apr 1901 to 26 May 1906)
• Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski † (Archbishop: 23 Mar 1860 to 1884)