Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv

Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins

Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum

Львівська архідієцезія
Location
CountryUkraine
Ecclesiastical provinceLviv
Statistics
Area68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
4,499,000
138,000 (3.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralМитрополича базиліка-санктуарій Успіння Пресвятої Діви Марії
(Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMieczysław Mokrzycki
Auxiliary BishopsLeon Malyi, Eduard Kava
Map
Location of the Archdiocese of Lviv
Location of the Archdiocese of Lviv
Website
website

The Archdiocese of Lviv (of the Latins) (Latin: Archidioecesis Leopolitana Latinorum) (Ukrainian: Львівська архідієцезія) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine.

Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica and (Minor) World Heritage Site: Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lviv (Львів), Lviv Oblast. The diocese has a second Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in Chernivtsi (Чернівці), Chernivtsi Oblast.

Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki is the current metropolitan archbishop of the archdiocese. In Kyiv exists Apostolic Nunciature to Ukraine since 1992.


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