Diocese of Mukačeve, Ukraine 🇺🇦

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mukačeve / Mukachevo / Munkacsien(sis) Latinorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lviv

Neighbouring Dioceses: Debrecen–Nyíregyháza (↙), Košice (←), Przemyśl (↑), Lviv (↗), Satu Mare (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1993.08.14: Established as Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia / Transcarpatiæ Latinorum (Latin) (from Diocese of Satu Mare)
2002.03.27: Promoted as Diocese of Mukačeve / Mukachevo / Munkacsien(sis) Latinorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Lviv)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.10.07 – ...):

Bishop Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P. (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mukačeve (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P. (52)
(2023.10.07 – ...)

Bishop of Mukačeve (Ukraine)

Misericordia

Born:	1974.03.26 (Mukachevo, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	2003.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.12.10

Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli (2019.11.11 – 2023.10.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mukačeve (Ukraine) (2019.11.11 – 2023.10.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Mukačeve (Ukraine) (2022.01.28 – 2023.10.07)

Bishop of Mukačeve (Ukraine) (2023.10.07 – ...)

Bishop Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P. (52)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.01.28 – 2023.10.07)

Bishop Antal Majnek, O.F.M. (74)
(2002.03.27 – 2022.01.28)

Bishop emeritus of Mukačeve (Ukraine)

Deus fortitudo mea

Born:	1951.11.18 (Budapest, Hungary)
Ordained Priest:	1982.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.06

Auxiliary Bishop of Zakarpattia (Ukraine) (1995.12.09 – 1997.10.07)

Titular Bishop of Febiana (1995.12.09 – 2002.03.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia (Ukraine) (1997.10.07 – 2002.03.27)

Bishop of Mukačeve (Ukraine) (2002.03.27 – 2022.01.28)

Apostolic Administrators of Zakarpattia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antal Majnek, O.F.M. (74)
(1997.10.07 – 2002.03.27)

(see above)

Archbishop Antonio Franco (89)
(1993.08.14 – 1997.10.07)

Titular Archbishop of Gallese
Assessor emeritus of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre)

Born:	1937.03.24 (Puglianello, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.04.26

Priest of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti (Italy) (1960.07.10 – 1992.03.28)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1973.09.12 – 1985.09.14)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1985.09.14 – 1992.03.28)

Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine (1992.03.28 – 1999.04.06)

Titular Archbishop of Gallese (1992.03.28 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Zakarpattia (Ukraine) (1993.08.14 – 1997.10.07)

Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines (1999.04.06 – 2006.01.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus (2006.01.21 – 2012.08.18)

Apostolic Nuncio to Israel (2006.01.21 – 2012.08.18)

Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine (2006.01.21 – 2012.08.18)

Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (2013.03.22 – 2017.12)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mykola Petro Luchok, O.P. (52) (2019.11.11 – 2023.10.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antal Majnek, O.F.M. (74) (1995.12.09 – 1997.10.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Martin of Tours, Mukacheve (Мукачеве), Zakarpattia Oblast
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Debrecen–Nyíregyháza (↙), Košice (←), Przemyśl (↑), Lviv (↗), Satu Mare (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 49,700 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 76 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 37 priests (23 diocesan, 14 religious), 2 deacons, 47 religious (15 brothers, 32 sisters), 3 seminarians