Diocese of

Odessa–Simferopol

Ukraine Ukraine

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Odessa–Simferopol / Odessa–Simferopoli (Italiano) / Odesen(sis)–Sympheropolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lviv

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.02.18 – ...):Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (68)Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (68)
Auxiliary Bishop (2012.11.23 – ...):Bishop Jacek Pyl, O.M.I. (62)Bishop Jacek Pyl, O.M.I. (62)

Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna

Ordinaries

Bishops of Odessa–Simferopol (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (68)Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (68)
(2020.02.18 – ...)

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 Bronislaw Bernacki
(2002.05.04 – 2020.02.18)

Через Марію до Ісуса

Born:1944.09.30 (Murafa, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1972.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:2002.07.04
Died:2024.11.12 (Vinnytsia, Ukraine † 80)

Priest of Kamyanets-Podilsky (Ukraine) (1972.05.28 – 2002.05.04)

Bishop of Odessa–Simferopol (Ukraine) (2002.05.04 – 2020.02.18)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine (2018.12.01 – 2020.02.18)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Bucureşti (↙), Chişinău (↖), Kamyanets-Podilsky (↖), Kyïv–Žytomyr (↑), Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (↗), Saint Clement at Saratov (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 137,127 km²

Population: 18,430 Catholics (0.2% of 8,274,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 160 parishes

Personnel: 57 priests (35 diocesan, 22 religious), 74 religious (44 brothers, 30 sisters), 6 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.02.09

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