Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine in ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the St. Sophia's Cathedral, Zhytomyr. It also has, both in Kyiv: a Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, and a former cathedral, now Church of St. Nicholas.

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History

Established in 1321 as Diocese of Kyiv / Chiovien / Kiovien
The Diocese of Kyiv was established once more in 1405, with the help of the Dominican order.
Renamed in 1638 as Diocese of Kijów-Czernihów / Kyiv and Chernihiv / Kiovien et Chiovien
Suppressed on 1798.08.08, its territory being reassigned to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz.
Restored on 1998.11.25 as Diocese of Kyïv–Zhytomyr / Kiovien–Zytomerien on territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Zhytomyr, whose last incumbent was appointed here
Lost a substantial portion of the diocesan territory on 4 May 2002, to establish the Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 219,600 Catholics on 111,600 km² in 162 parishes and 124 missions with 160 priests, 277 lay religious and 36 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishops of Kyiv

Henryk, Dominican Order
Jakub, O.P.
Mikołaj, O.P.
Borzysław, O.P.
Andrzej
Jan
Klemens
Jan Filipowicz
Franciszek
Jan Andruszewicz, next Bishop of Łuck and Włodzimierz
Mikołaj Pac
Józef Wereszczyński
Krzysztof Kazimirski
Bogusław Radoszewski, next Bishop of Łuck
Bishop-elect Andrzej Szołdrski ; after his episcopal consecration Bishop of Poznań and Bishop of Przemyśl

;Suffragan Bishops of Kijów–Czernihów

Aleksander Sokołowski
Stanisław Zaremba
Jan Leszczyński
Tomasz Ujejski, Jesuit Order, also/next Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia
* Auxiliary Bishop: Stanislaus Giannotti, Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, Titular Bishop of Fez
Jan Stanisław Witwicki, next Bishop of Łuck, Bishop of Poznań
Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski, next Bishop of Płock, Bishop of Warmia and Apostolic Administrator of Sambia
Mikołaj Stanisław Święcicki, next Bishop of Poznań
Jan Paweł Gomoliński
Walenty Maciej Arcemberski
Jan Joachim Tarło, S.J., next Bishop of Poznań
Samuel Jan Ożga
* Coadjutor Bishop: Józef Antoni Łaszcz, Titular Bishop of Antipatris, previously as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Chełm
* Auxiliary Bishop: Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz, Titular Bishop of Mennith ; later Bishop of Samogitia
Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk, succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Kijów–Czernihów and Titular Bishop of Emmaus ; later Bishop of Kraków
Józef Andrzej Załuski
* Auxiliary Bishop: Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Piarists, Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis
Ignacy Franciszek Ossoliński, Conventual Franciscans, previously Titular Bishop of Dardanus, first as Coadjutor Bishop of Bacău, then as Coadjutor Bishop of Kijów–Czernihów
* Auxiliary Bishop: Franciszek Remigiusz Zambrzycki, Titular Bishop of Dardanus
Kacper Kazimierz Cieciszowski, succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Theveste and Coadjutor Bishop of Kijów–Czernihów ; later Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev
long vacancy, yet :
* Auxiliary Bishop: Cyryl Lubowidzki, Titular Bishop of Dulma ; later Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky
*Apostolic Administrator Father Teofil Skalski, no other prelature

;Suffragan Bishops of Kyïv–Zhytomyr

Jan Purwinski, previously last Bishop of mother see Žytomyr
* Auxiliary Bishop: Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Surista, previously as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Žytomyr ; also Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Lutsk ; later Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia
Archbishop Petro (Herkulan) Malchuk, O.F.M.
Apostolic Administrator Vitaliy Skomarovskyi, while Bishop of Luck ; formerly Titular Bishop of Bencenna as Auxiliary Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr .
Bishop Vitaliy Kryvytskyi, S.D.B., no previous prelature.