Diocese of

Kharkiv–Zaporizhia

Ukraine

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kharkiv–Zaporizhia / Харків–Запоріжжя (Українська) / Kharkov–Zaporizhia / Charkiv–Zaporižžja (Italiano) / Kharkivien(sis)–Zaporizhien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lviv

Neighbouring Dioceses: Odessa–Simferopol (↙), Kyïv–Žytomyr (←), Mother of God at Moscow (↗), Saint Clement at Saratov (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2002.05.04: Established as Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia / Харків–Запоріжжя (Українська) / Kharkov–Zaporizhia / Charkiv–Zaporižžja (Italiano) / Kharkivien(sis)–Zaporizhien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr and became suffragan of Lviv)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.01.06 – ...):	Bishop Pavlo Goncharuk (48)
Auxiliary Bishop (2010.10.30 – ...):	Bishop Jan Sobiło (63) Titular Bishop of Bulna

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pavlo Goncharuk (48)
(2020.01.06 – ...)

Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1978.01.16 (Kornachivka, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	2002.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.02.14

Priest of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) (2002.06.22 – 2020.01.06)

Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (2020.01.06 – ...)

Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.02.02 – 2020.01.06)

Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (69)
(2014.04.12 – 2019.02.02)

Bishop of Odessa–Simferopol (Ukraine)

Auxilium nostrum

Born:	1956.06.23 (Kornachovka, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1984.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.01.06

Auxiliary Bishop of Žytomyr (Ukraine) (1994.11.26 – 1998.11.25)

Titular Bishop of Surista (1994.11.26 – 2014.04.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr (Ukraine) (1998.11.25 – 2014.04.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk (Ukraine) (2012.07.24 – 2014.04.12)

Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (2014.04.12 – 2019.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (2019.02.02 – 2020.01.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Odessa–Simferopol (Ukraine) (2019.02.02 – 2020.02.18)

Bishop of Odessa–Simferopol (Ukraine) (2020.02.18 – ...)

Bishop Marian Buczek (73)
(2009.03.19 – 2014.04.12)

Bishop emeritus of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

Surrexit vere alleluia

Born:	1953.03.14 (Cieszanów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1979.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.06.20

Priest of Lviv (Ukraine) (1979.06.16 – 2002.05.04)

Titular Bishop of Febiana (2002.05.04 – 2007.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (2002.05.04 – 2007.07.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (2007.07.16 – 2009.03.19)

Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (2009.03.19 – 2014.04.12)

Bishop Stanisław Padewski, O.F.M. Cap.
(2002.05.04 – 2009.03.19)

Born:	1932.09.18 (Nova Huta, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1957.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.06.10
Died:	2017.01.29 (Sędziszów Małopolski, Poland † 84)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) (1995.04.13 – 1998)

Titular Bishop of Tigias (1995.04.13 – 2002.05.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1998 – 2002.05.04)

Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (2002.05.04 – 2009.03.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Marian Buczek (73) (2007.07.16 – 2009.03.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kharkiv (Харків), Kharkiv Oblast
Co-Cathedral: Co-Cathedral of God the Merciful Father, Zaporizhia (Запоріжжя), Zaporizhia Oblast
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Odessa–Simferopol (↙), Kyïv–Žytomyr (←), Mother of God at Moscow (↗), Saint Clement at Saratov (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 196,300 km²

Population: 47,400 Catholics (0.3% of 15,350,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 36 priests (12 diocesan, 24 religious), 58 religious (28 brothers, 30 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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