Diocese of Odessa–Simferopol, Ukraine 🇺🇦

Rite: Roman (Latin)

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Lviv

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

2002.05.04: Established as Diocese of Odessa–Simferopol / Odessa–Simferopoli (Italiano) / Odesen(sis)–Sympheropolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and became suffragan of Lviv)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.02.18 – ...):	Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (70)
Auxiliary Bishop (2012.11.23 – ...):	Bishop Jacek Pyl, O.M.I. (63) Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Odessa–Simferopol (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (70)
(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-Podilskyi (Ukraine) (1972.05.28 – 2002.05.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1997.05.18 – 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

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (70) (2019.02.02 – 2020.02.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Petro Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. (later Archbishop) (2008.03.29 – 2011.06.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Odessa (Одеса), Odessa Oblast
Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site: Basilica of St. Peter the Apostle, Odessa (Одеса), Odessa Oblast
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Bucureşti (↙), Chişinău (↖), Kamyanets-Podilskyi (↖), 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