Diocese of Odesa-Simferopol Dioecesis Odesensis-Sympheropolitana Одесько-Сімферопольська дієцезія | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lviv |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Lviv |
| Coordinates | 46°28′49″N 30°44′21″E / 46.4804°N 30.7391°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 138,000 km2 (53,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 9,980,000 33,000 (0.3%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 4 May 2002 |
| Cathedral | Кафедральний собор Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Odesa |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Jacek Pyl, O.M.I. |
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 Location of the Diocese of Odesa-Simferopol | |
The Diocese of Odesa-Simferopol (Latin: Dioecesis Odesensis-Sympheropolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Ukraine and Crimea.[1] A significant part of the Latin Church in Ukraine, it covers an area equivalent to about one-third the size of Poland including areas impacted by annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, and the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine.[1] Since 2014, there has been a de facto inter-state border that splits the diocese.
Bronislaw Bernacki was the bishop of the diocese until 2020. He was appointed to the See of Odesa-Simferopol in May 2002 and is based in Odesa. Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk is the current bishop.
- ^ a b "Catholics in Ukrainian border diocese face suffering, uncertainty". Catholic News Agency. Sep 9, 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.