Catholic Church in Ukraine (original) (raw)

Also known as: Ukraine (Deutsch), Ucrania (español), l’Ukraine (français), Ucraina (Italiano, latine), Ukraina (polski), Ucrânia (Português), Україна (Українська), 烏克蘭 (正體中文), ウクライナ (日本語)

By Type (26)

By Rite

Roman Rite (7): Kamyanets-Podilsky, Kharkiv–Zaporizhia, Kyïv–Žytomyr, Lutsk, Lviv, Mukacheve, Odessa–Simferopol

Armenian Church (1): Lviv

Ruthenian Church (1): Mukacheve

Ukrainian Church (17): Bučač, Chernivtsi, Donets’k, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Kharkiv, Kolomyia, Krym, Kyiv, Kyiv–Halyč, Lutsk, Lviv, Odessa, Sambir–Drohobych, Sokal–Zhovkva, Stryj, Ternopil–Zboriv

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Celebrations

Documents and Celebrations Text

Papal Visits

Geography

Cultural Summary

Religions: Orthodox (includes Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (UAOC), Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish

Languages: Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9%

Ethnic Groups: Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8%

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 603,700 km²

Catholic Population: 4,776,000 Catholics (11.5% of 41,419,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 4,295 parishes, 244 mission stations (241 with resident priest, 3 without resident priest), 209 other centres

Clergy: 42 bishops (18 diocesan, 24 titular), 4,104 priests (3,482 diocesan, 622 religious), 49 permanent deacons (27 diocesan, 22 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,294 religious (138 brothers, 1,156 sisters), 15 members of secular institutes (sisters), 1,111 major seminarians, 80 missionaries, 2,015 catechists