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Archdiocese of Lviv

Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum



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Bishop(s)

  • Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Archbishop
  • Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv., Auxiliary Bishop
  • Leon Mały, Auxiliary Bishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Name Changed: 28 August 1412
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Square Kilometers: 57,681 (22,279 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.rkc.lviv.ua/
  • Mailing Address: ul. Winniczenka 32, 79008 Lviv, Ukraina
  • Telephone: (032)235.06.48
  • Fax: 235.06.49

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Halicz (Galyc)
1361ErectedDiocese of Halicz (Galyc) (erected)
Archdiocese of Halicz (Galyc)
13 February 1375ElevatedDiocese of Halicz (Galyc) Archdiocese of Halicz (Galyc)
Archdiocese of Lviv
28 August 1412Name ChangedArchdiocese of Halicz (Galyc) Archdiocese of Lviv
29 April 1922Territory LostArchdiocese of Lviv (Uryez) Diocese of Przemyśl
5 June 1930Territory LostArchdiocese of Lviv (Bucovina) Diocese of Iaşi
7 August 1931Territory AddedDiocese of Przemyśl (Henrykówka) Archdiocese of Lviv
3 June 1991Territory LostArchdiocese of Lviv Apostolic Administration of Lubaczów (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Lviv
1950987,8007572791,0369535432,470416ap1951
197077,73278,20999.4%685731,06456027ap1971
198081,00083,00097.6%666721,12564334ap1981
199077,28377,64899.5%72721,0733839ap1991
1999175,0006,200,0002.8%74341081,62016277235ap2000
2000173,0006,000,0002.9%72351071,61616890239ap2001
2001170,0005,800,0002.9%81411221,39317898242ap2002
2002160,0005,600,0002.9%82441261,269168102253ap2003
2003155,0005,200,0003.0%91431341,156176109262ap2004
2004154,0005,000,0003.1%95451401,100180135271ap2005
2013138,0004,499,0003.1%1345418873473136278ap2014
2016142,0004,500,0003.2%1405719772079138278ap2017
2019142,5005,864,0002.4%1405619672784134178ap2020
2021145,0006,209,0002.3%1306119175993138110ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Halicz (Galyc)
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 351
  • Archdiocese of Halicz (Galyc)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 271
  • Archdiocese of Lviv
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 291
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 176
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 223
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 220
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 24, Page 379

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