Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Lviv

Ukraine Ukraine

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Lviv / Lwow / Leopoli (Italiano) / Leopolitan(us) Latinorum (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Kharkiv–Zaporizhia, Kyïv–Žytomyr, Lutsk, Mukačeve, Odessa–Simferopol

Neighbouring Dioceses: Satu Mare (↙), Mukačeve (↙), Przemyśl (←), Zamość–Lubaczów (↖), Lutsk (↗), Kamyanets-Podilskyi (→), Chişinău (↘), Iaşi (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2008.10.21 – ...):Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki (65)Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki (65)
Auxiliary Bishop (2002.05.04 – ...):Bishop Leon Mały (67)Bishop Leon Mały (67)

Titular Bishop of Tabunia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lviv (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki (65)Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki (65)
(2008.10.21 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine)

Humilitas

Born:1961.03.29 (Majdan Lukawiecki, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1987.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:2007.09.29

Priest of Lviv (Ukraine) (1987.09.17 – 2007.07.16)

Second Private Secretary of the Pope (1996 – 2005.04.02)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1997.08.05 – 2003.05.28)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2003.05.28 – 2007.07.16)

Second Private Secretary of the Pope (2005.04.19 – 2007.07.16)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (2007.07.16 – 2008.10.21)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine (2008.10.21 – 2018.12.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (2008.10.21 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine (2018.12.01 – 2020)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine (2020 – 2023.03.17)

Cardinal Marian Jaworski
(1991.01.16 – 2008.10.21)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:1926.08.21 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1950.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1984.06.23
Created Cardinal in pectore:1998.02.21
Revealed as Cardinal:2001.02.21
Died:2020.09.05 (Krakow, Poland † 94)

Priest of Lviv (Ukraine) (1950.06.25 – 1984.05.21)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1971.10.15 – 1976.12.14)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1976.12.14 – 1984.05.21)

Titular Bishop of Lambæsis (1984.05.21 – 1991.01.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Lviv (Ukraine) (1984.05.21 – 1991.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1991.01.16 – 2008.10.21)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine (1994 – 2008.10.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Lutsk (Ukraine) (1996.05.19 – 1998.03.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (2001.02.21 [2001.05.20] – 2020.09.05)

Bishop Marian Jaworski (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1984.05.21 – 1991.01.16)

Bishop Marian Jozef Rechowicz
(Apostolic Administrator 1973.12.31 – 1983.09.28)

Bishop Jan Nowicki
(Apostolic Administrator 1968.03.23 – 1973.08.14)

Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak
(1944.11.22 – 1962.06.15)

Born:1890.03.08 (Ternopil, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1912.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:1933.11.05
Died:1962.06.15 (Warszawa, Poland † 72)

Titular Bishop of Phocæa (1933.09.15 – 1944.03.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1933.09.15 – 1944.03.01)

Titular Archbishop of Parium (1944.03.01 – 1944.11.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1944.03.01 – 1944.11.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1944.11.22 – 1962.06.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Kraków (Poland) (1951.03.23 – 1962.06.15)

Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski
(1923.08.03 – 1944.11.22)

Born:1864.02.18 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1886.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1919.01.12
Died:1944.11.22 (Lviv, Ukraine † 80)

Titular Bishop of Telmissus (1918.09.14 – 1923.08.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1918.09.14 – 1923.08.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1923.08.03 – 1944.11.22)

Saint Archbishop Józef Bilczewski
(1900.12.17 – 1923.03.20)

Born:1860.04.26 (Wilamowice, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1884.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:1901.01.20
Died:1923.03.20 (Lwów, Ukraine † 62)
Beatified:2001.06.26 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Canonised:2005.10.23
Feast:03.20

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1900.12.17 – 1923.03.20)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Seweryn Morawski
(1885.02.15 – 1900.02.05)

Born:1819.01.02 (Siołko, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1851.08.31
Consecrated Bishop:1881.06.26
Died:1900.02.05 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis (1881.05.13 – 1885.02.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1881.05.13 – 1885.02.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1885.02.15 – 1900.02.05)

Archbishop Francesco Saverio Wierzchleyski
(1860.03.23 – 1884.04.17)

Born:1803.12.01 (Poręba, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1826.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1846.10.04
Died:1884.04.17 († 80)

Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland) (1846.07.27 – 1860.03.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1860.03.23 – 1884.04.17)

Archbishop Lukash Baraniecki
(1849.03.30 – 1858.06.30)

Born:1798.10.14 (Kabarivtsi, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1822.10.06
Consecrated Bishop:1850.01.13
Died:1858.06.30 (Cieszanów, Poland † 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1849.03.30 – 1858.06.30)

Archbishop Wacław Wilhelm Wacławiczek
(1847.08.18 – 1848.05.29)

Born:1788.12.19 (Choustnik, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1809.11.19
Died:1862.09.18 († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1847.08.18 – 1848.05.29)

Archbishop Franciszek de Paula Pisztek
(1835.07.24 – 1846.02.01)

Born:1786.04.06 (Přiče, Czechia)
Ordained Priest:1808.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:1824.11.14
Died:1846.02.01 († 59)

Titular Bishop of Azotus (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Praha (Czechia) (1824.09.27 – 1832.02.24)

Bishop of Tarnów (Poland) (1832.02.24 – 1835.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1835.07.24 – 1846.02.01)

Archbishop Franz Xavier Luschin
(1834.06.23 – 1835.04.09)

Born:1781.12.03 (Teinach, Austria)
Ordained Priest:1804.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:1824.10.03
Died:1854.05.02 (Gorizia, Italy † 72)

Bishop of Trento (Italy) ([1823.11.12] 1824.05.24 – 1834.06.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) ([1834.03.18] 1834.06.23 – 1835.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) ([1835.01.09] 1835.04.09 – 1854.05.02)

Archbishop Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz
(1815.03.25 – 1833.09.30)

Born:1777.06.22 (Kraków, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1810.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:1815.08.15
Died:1838.03.26 (Praha, Czechia † 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1815.03.25 – 1833.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia) (1833.09.30 – 1838.03.26)

Archbishop Kajetan Ignacy Kicki
(1797.12.18 – 1812.01.15)

Born:1745 (Warszawa, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1769.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:1785.01.30
Died:1812.01.15 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Soli (1783.07.18 – 1797.12.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1783.07.18 – 1797.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1797.12.18 – 1812.01.15)

Archbishop Ferdynand Onufry Kicki
(1780.10.25 – 1797.02.02)

Born:1721.07.08?
Ordained Priest:1750.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:1778.02.15
Died:1797.02.02 († 75)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1777.04.23 – 1778.09.28)

Titular Bishop of Targa (1777.12.15 – 1780.10.25)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1778.09.28 – 1780.10.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1780.10.25 – 1797.02.02)

Archbishop Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski
(1760.07.21 – 1780.10.25)

Born:1700.09 (Raba, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1726.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1738.05.04
Died:1780.10.25 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Cestrus (1737.09.30 – 1738.09.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Inflanty (Latvia) ([1736.07.19] 1737.09.30 – 1738.09.09)

Bishop of Inflanty (Latvia) (1738.09.09 – 1739.11.16)

Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) ([1739.03.07] 1739.11.16 – 1742.05.25)

Bishop of Przemyśl (Poland) ([1741.09.13] 1742.05.25 – 1760.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) ([1759.08.10] 1760.07.21 – 1780.10.25)

Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński
(1759.03.13 – 1759.04.09)

Born:1703.11.01 (Iwanowice, Poland)
Consecrated Bishop:1758.05.07
Died:1767.06.20 (Warszawa, Poland † 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1759.03.13 – 1759.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1759.04.09 – 1767.06.20)

Archbishop Mikołaj Dembowski
(1757.09.26 – 1757.11.27)

Born:1693.12.17?
Ordained Priest:1729.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1742.10.07
Died:1757.11.27 († 63)

Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) (1742.09.07 – 1757.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1757.09.26 – 1757.11.27)

Archbishop Mikołaj Gerard Wyżycki
(1737.05.06 – 1757.04.07)

Born:1698.11.06
Ordained Priest:1723.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:1737.07.07
Died:1757.04.07 († 58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1737.05.06 – 1757.04.07)

Archbishop John Skarbek
(1713.01.30 – 1733.12.02)

Born:1661.12.28?
Ordained Priest:1687.11.01
Died:1733.12.02 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Marocco (1696.01.02 – 1713.01.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1696.01.02 – 1713.01.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1713.01.30 – 1733.12.02)

Archbishop Mikołaj Popławski
(1710.07.21 – 1711.09.07)

Born:1636.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:1685.02.25
Died:1711.09.07 († 74)

Bishop of Inflanty (Latvia) (1685.01.15 – 1710.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1710.07.21 – 1711.09.07)

Archbishop Konstanty Józef Zieliński
(1700.03.30 – 1709.02.17)

Born:1646.01.11? (Prasnen, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1671?
Consecrated Bishop:1694.11.07
Died:1709.02.17 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Hierapolis (1694.08.30 – 1700.03.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1694.08.30 – 1700.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1700.03.30 – 1709.02.17)

Archbishop Konstanty Lipski
(1681.03.17 – 1698.03.14)

Born:1625? (Gniezno, Poland)
Consecrated Bishop:1681.09.28
Died:1698.03.14 († 72)

Apostolic Administrator of Gniezno (Poland) (1680 – 1681.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1681.03.17 – 1698.03.14)

Archbishop Albert Koryciński
(1670.06.30 – 1677.01.17)

Consecrated Bishop:1667.11.27
Died:1677.01.17

Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) (1667.03.07 – 1670.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1670.06.30 – 1677.01.17)

Archbishop Jan Tarnowski
(1654.07.06 – 1669.08.24)

Born:1585?
Died:1669.08.24 († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1654.07.06 – 1669.08.24)

Archbishop Mikołaj Krosnowski
(1645.06.12 – 1653.09.26)

Born:1590
Ordained Priest:1625.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:1642
Died:1653.09.26 († 62)

Bishop of Wenden (Latvia) (1641.11.27 – 1645.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1645.06.12 – 1653.09.26)

Archbishop Stanisław Grochowski
(1633.12.19 – 1645.03.01)

Consecrated Bishop:1634.07.25
Died:1645.03.01

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1633.12.19 – 1645.03.01)

Archbishop Jan Andrzej Próchnicki
(1614.11.24 – 1633.05.13)

Born:1553?
Died:1633.05.13 († 79)

Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) (1607.08.13 – 1614.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1614.11.24 – 1633.05.13)

Archbishop Jan Zamoyski, O.S.B.
(1604.02.04 – 1614.03.04)

Died:1614.03.04

Titular Bishop of Philippi (1595.08.30 – 1604.02.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland) (1595.08.30 – 1604.02.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1604.02.04 – 1614.03.04)

Archbishop Jan Dymitr Solikowski
(1583.03.28 – 1603.06.27)

Born:1539?
Consecrated Bishop:1583.06.12
Died:1603.06.27 († 63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1583.03.28 – 1603.06.27)

Archbishop Jan Sieniński
(1576.12.10 – 1582)

Born:1506?
Ordained Priest:1569?
Consecrated Bishop:1577?
Died:1582 († 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1576.12.10 – 1582)

Archbishop Staniław Słomowski
(1565.09.07 – 1575.09.22)

Died:1575.09.22

Titular Bishop of Laodicea (1560.02.14 – 1565.09.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (Poland) (1560.02.14 – 1565.09.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1565.09.07 – 1575.09.22)

Archbishop Paweł Tarło
(1561.01.15 – 1565.05.21)

Consecrated Bishop:1561.08.31
Died:1565.05.21

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1561.01.15 – 1565.05.21)

Archbishop Feliks Ligęza
(1555.05.07 – 1560.01.26)

Born:1500?
Consecrated Bishop:1555.06.11
Died:1560.01.26 († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1555.05.07 – 1560.01.26)

Archbishop Piotr Starzechowski
(1540.05.31 – 1554.04.01)

Consecrated Bishop:1541.02.13
Died:1554.04.01

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1540.05.31 – 1554.04.01)

Archbishop Bernardyn Wilczek
(1505.04.28 – 1540)

Died:1540

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1505.04.28 – 1540)

Archbishop Andrzej Boryszewski
(1493 – 1503.12.18)

Born:1435
Died:1510.04.20 (Łowicz, Poland † 74)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1488.05.23 – 1493)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1493 – 1503.12.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Przemyśl (Poland) (1501.02.01 – 1503.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) (1503.12.18 – 1510.04.20)

Archbishop Jan Strzelecki Wątróbka
(1481.05.09 – 1488.08.26)

Consecrated Bishop:1481.05.20
Died:1488.08.26

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1481.05.09 – 1488.08.26)

Fr. Jan Długosz
(1480 – 1480.05.29)

Died:1480.05.29

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1480 – 1480.05.29)

Archbishop Grzegorz z Sanoka
(1451.03.07 – 1477.01.29)

Born:1407?
Consecrated Bishop:1451.07.04
Died:1477.01.29 († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1451.03.07 – 1477.01.29)

Archbishop Jan Odrowąż
(1437.02.25 – 1450.09)

Died:1450.09

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1437.02.25 – 1450.09)

Archbishop Jan Rzeszowski
(1414.12.23 – 1436.08.12)

Died:1436.08.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of Halyč (Ukraine) (1412.08.26 – 1414.12.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1414.12.23 – 1436.08.12)

Bishops of Lviv (Roman Rite)

Bishop Herman Wytkind, O.P.
(1401.01.07 – ?)

Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1401.01.07 – ?)

Bishop Jerzy Eberhardi, O.F.M.
(1390.03.16 – ?)

Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (1390.03.16 – ?)

Bishop Konrad
(? – ?)

Bishop of Lviv (Ukraine) (? – ?)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Satu Mare (↙), Mukačeve (↙), Przemyśl (←), Zamość–Lubaczów (↖), Lutsk (↗), Kamyanets-Podilskyi (→), Chişinău (↘), Iaşi (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,680 km²

Population: 142,700 Catholics (2.3% of 6,157,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 111 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 197 priests (133 diocesan, 64 religious), 240 religious (96 brothers, 144 sisters), 16 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

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