Roman Catholic Diocese of Mukachevo
Roman Catholic diocese in Ukraine
Diocese of Mukachevo Dioecesis Munkacsiensis Latinorum Єпархія Мукачево | |
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 The Cathedral of St Martin of Tours, Mukachevo | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Ecclesiastical province | Lviv |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Lviv |
| Population - Catholics | (as of 2013) 58,000 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin |
| Cathedral | Кафедральний собор св. Мартина з Туру Cathedral of St. Martin of Tours in Mukacheve |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mykola Luchok, O.P. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
| Bishops emeritus | Antal Majnek, O.F.M. |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mukachevo (Latin: Dioecesis Munkacsiensis Latinorum) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Antal Majnek is the current bishop of the diocese. He was appointed to the See of Mukachevo (Hungarian: Munkács) in 1997.
History
The history of the diocese begins 1993 when the Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia (Latin Name: Transcarpatiae Latinorum) was split off from the Diocese of Szatmár. This is unique among the Ukrainian dioceses, the remainder of which were all split off from Lviv, which has been associated with Polish culture. Mukachevo Roman Catholics are mostly members of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine. Elevated to a diocese in 2002, its first bishop was Antal Majnek until 28 January 2022.
Geography
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.
Ordinaries
- Antal Majnek, O.F.M. (7 October 1997 – 28 January 2022)
- Mykola Luchok, O.P. (28 January 2022 – 7 October 2023), Apostolic Administrator
- Mykola Luchok, O.P. (since 7 October 2023)
See also
External links
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
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Latin and Eastern Catholic dioceses in Ukraine
(Bold = Metropolitan)
- Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia, the head of the particular church
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea (Krym), (Russian-annexed Crimea)
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk
- Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa
/ exempt Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe, directly dependent on the Holy See
- Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv, directly dependent on the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
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