Ukrainian Diocese of

Sokal–Zhovkva

Ukraine

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sokal–Zhovkva / Sokal’–Žovkva / Socalien(sis)–Zhovkvie(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lviv

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

2000.07.21: Established as Diocese of Sokal / Socalien(sis) (Latin) (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets and Diocese of Ternopil and from the suppressed Diocese of Zboriv)
2004.12.06: Became suffragan of Kyiv
2006.09.20: Renamed as Diocese of Sokal–Zhovkva / Sokal’–Žovkva / Socalien(sis)–Zhovkvie(sis) (Latin)
2011.11.21: Became suffragan of Lviv

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.10.17 – ...):

Bishop Petro Loza, C.SS.R. (45)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sokal–Zhovkva (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Petro Loza, C.SS.R. (45)
(2024.10.17 – ...)

Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

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Born:	1979.06.03 (Kolodyantsi, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	2007.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.07.12

Titular Bishop of Panium (2018.04.12 – 2024.10.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2018.04.12 – 2024.10.17)

Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2024.10.17 – ...)

Bishop Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R. (75)
(2000.07.21 – 2024.10.17)

Bishop emeritus of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Born:	1949.03.29 (Polonychi, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.19

Bishop of Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1993.04.20 – 1996.11.13)

Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv–Vyshhorod of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1996.11.13 – 1997.09.20)

Titular Bishop of Casæ in Pamphylia (1996.11.13 – 1997.11.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1996.11.13 – 1997.11.07)

Bishop of Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1997.11.07 – 2000.07.21)

Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2000.07.21 – 2024.10.17)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Petro Loza, C.SS.R. (45) (2018.04.12 – 2024.10.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Sts. Ann, Peter and Paul, Sokal (Сокаль), Lviv Oblast
World Heritage Site: Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, Potelych (Потелич), Lviv Oblast
World Heritage Site: Church of the Holy Trinity, Zhovkva (Жовква), Lviv Oblast
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Lviv (↙), Przemyśl–Warszawa (←), Lutsk (↗), Ternopil–Zboriv (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,991 km²

Population: 302,300 Catholics (63.6% of 475,550 total)

Pastoral Centres: 364 parishes

Personnel: 247 priests (diocesan), 36 religious (12 brothers, 24 sisters), 57 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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