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
Radoslaw 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

  • Stanisław Józef Hozjusz † ( 1722 Appointed – 1733 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
  • Franciszek Antoni Kobielski † ( 1736 Appointed – 1739 Appointed, Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck)
  • Adam Stanisław Krasiński † ( 1757 Appointed – 1798 Resigned)
  • Francesco Borgia Machiewiez † (15 March 1815 Appointed – )
  • Mikołaj Gòrski † (27 June 1853 Appointed – 1855)
  • Antoni Fijalkowski † (23 March 1860 Appointed – 23 February 1872 Appointed, Archbishop of Mohilev)
  • Petro Mankowski † (24 September 1918 Appointed – 9 February 1926 Resigned)
  • Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. † (16 January 1991 Appointed – 4 May 2002 Retired)
  • Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski, O.F.M. (4 May 2002 Appointed – )

Footnotes

    See also

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

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