{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{More citations needed|date=October 2020}} {{infobox Christian denomination | icon = Emblem_of_the_Papacy_SE.svg | icon_width = 25px | icon_alt = | name = Catholic Church<br>in Ukraine | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = 46-101-9015_Lviv_SAM_7070.jpg | imagewidth = 200px | alt = | caption = [[St. George's Cathedral, Lviv]] | abbreviation = | type = [[National polity]] | main_classification = [[Catholic Church]] | orientation = [[Catholic Church in Europe|European]] | scripture = | theology = | polity = [[Episcopal polity|Episcopal]] | governance = | structure = | leader_title = [[Pope]] | leader_name = {{incumbent pope}} | leader_title1 = [[Lists of leaders of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Major Archbishop]]<br>([[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|UGCC]]) | leader_name1 = [[Sviatoslav Shevchuk]] | leader_title2 = [[Bishop of Kyiv (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop]]<br>([[Latin Church|Latin]]) | leader_name2 = [[Mieczysław Mokrzycki]] | leader_title3 = [[Bishop of Kyiv (Roman Catholic)|Bishop]]<br>([[Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church|RGCC]]) | leader_name3 = [[Nil Lushchak]] (Apostolic administrator) | fellowships_type1 = | fellowships1 = | division_type = | division = | division_type1 = | division1 = | division_type2 = | division2 = | division_type3 = | division3 = | associations = | area = [[Ukraine]] | language = [[Church Slavonic]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] | headquarters = | origin_link = | founded_date = | founder = | separated_from = | parent = | merger = | absorbed = | separations = | merged_into = | defunct = | congregations_type = | congregations = | members = | ministers_type = | ministers = | missionaries = | churches = | hospitals = | nursing_homes = | aid = | primary_schools = | secondary_schools = | tax_status = | tertiary = | other_names = | publications = | website = | slogan = | logo = | footnotes = }} {{Catholic Church by country}} The '''Catholic Church in Ukraine''' ({{langx|la|Ecclesia Catholica in Ucraina}}; {{langx|uk|Католицька церква в Україні|Katolytska tserkva v Ukraini}}) is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]]. Catholics make up 13-14% of the [[Demographics of Ukraine|population of Ukraine]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Релігія і церква в українському суспільстві: соціологічне дослідження |url=https://razumkov.org.ua/uploads/article/2019_Religiya.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204084352/https://razumkov.org.ua/uploads/article/2019_Religiya.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2021 |accessdate=4 December 2021}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Релігія і церква в українському суспільстві: Результати соціологічного дослідження |url=https://razumkov.org.ua/uploads/socio/kharkiv_2020.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204084350/https://razumkov.org.ua/uploads/socio/kharkiv_2020.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2021 |accessdate=4 December 2021}}</ref> The majority of Catholics (80%) in [[Ukraine]] belong to the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] and [[Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church]] ([[Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo]]), while significant numbers of others belong to the [[Latin Church in Ukraine|Latin Church]] and [[Armenian Catholic Church]].<ref name="KIIS2022">{{cite web |date=August 5, 2022 |title=Press releases and reports - Dynamics of religious self-identification of the population of Ukraine |url=https://kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=1129 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230125023508/https://kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=1129 |archivedate=January 25, 2023 |accessdate=February 8, 2023 |publisher=[[Kyiv International Institute of Sociology|Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS)]]}}</ref>
==History and data== The Catholic Church in Ukraine consists of members of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] as well as the [[Latin Church]], [[Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo]], and the [[Armenian Catholic Church]].
The majority of Ukrainian Catholics belong to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Latin Church in the territories of modern Ukraine has been strongly associated with Poland and [[Polish people|Poles]], but the church has emphasized a Ukrainian identity since the nation's independence from the Soviet Union.
The history of the Catholic Church in modern Ukraine starts as early as the 10th century when Christianity in Ruthenia was established as a state religion in 988 taking place before the [[East–West Schism]]. While records of Christians and Christian temples in the Medieval state predate the date. In mid-10th century, Kyiv was visited by a mission that was led by bishop [[Adalbert of Magdeburg]] out of [[St. Maximin's Abbey, Trier|Trier Monastery]]. Following the schism, the Ruthenian Church which was brought to Kyiv by the [[Byzantine Greeks]] ended up among Eastern Orthodox Churches. After annexation of the [[Kingdom of Ruthenia]] by the [[Kingdom of Poland]] in course of the [[Galicia–Volhynia Wars]] in Lviv was established the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv]] in the 14th century. In mid-15th century Metropolitan of Kyiv [[Isidore of Kiev|Isidore]] attempted to unite the Ruthenian Church with the Catholic world by attending the [[Council of Florence]].
Due to the conflict with the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]], in 1458 the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople [[Isidore II of Constantinople|Isidore II]] reorganized the Ruthenian Church moving its metropolitan see to [[Vilnius]]. Until 1480, the metropolitan see of the Church was held by a metropolitan bishop appointed by the Pope including [[Gregory the Bulgarian]] and [[Misail Pstruch]]. In 1595, there was signed the [[Union of Brest]] which officially united the Ruthenian Church with the Catholic Church accomplishing the intent of Metropolitan Isidore. Following [[partitions of Poland]], in 1839 in Polotsk pressured by the Russian government all the bishops of the [[Ruthenian Uniate Church]] signed the union with the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], while dioceses of Eastern rite that became part of the [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria]] in the [[Austrian Empire]] were reorganized as Greek-Catholic Church.
In 1630, a bishop of [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] [[Mikołaj Torosowicz]] also signed a union with the Catholic Church establishing Armenian Catholic diocese of Lwow.
In 1646, another [[Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo|Eastern Orthodox diocese of Mukachevo]] signed the [[Union of Uzhhorod]] and for sometime was guided by the [[Archbishop of Eger]] in Hungary.
In 2001, Ukraine was visited by [[Pope John Paul II]], who held official and informal meetings in [[Kyiv]] and [[Lviv]].<ref>''Ukraine Remembers Visit of John Paul II, [[Zenit News Agency]], June 2006''</ref> Communities from both the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] and the [[Latin Church]] warmly greeted the Pope. Additionally, Non-Catholic religious communities publicly expressed a hope that the visit would encourage a spiritual and cultural renewal in the country which has been troubled by economic and social problems.<ref>''Ukraine responds to the Papal Visit, Religious Information Service of Ukraine''</ref>
[[Caritas Ukraine]] is the charity of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, while [[Caritas-Spes|Caritas-Spes Ukraine]] is the official charity organisation of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. Both organisations have become major humanitarian actors, providing aid to millions of people following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022.
Among the Catholics of Ukraine there are [[Ukrainians]], Poles, [[Czechs]], [[Hungarians]], [[Filipinos]] and other peoples.
==Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church == {{Main|Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church}}
The [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. The ordinary (or hierarch) of the church holds the title of Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych and All Ruthenia, though the hierarchs and faithful of the church have acclaimed their ordinary as "Patriarch" and have requested Papal recognition of, and elevation to, this title. Major archbishop is a unique title within the Catholic Church that was introduced in 1963 as part of political compromise. Since March 2011, the head of the church is Major Archbishop [[Sviatoslav Shevchuk]].
<gallery> File:Кут Церкви Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці у Львіові 2022.jpg|Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lviv File:Клепарів, Львів, Церква святого Андрія Первозваного 01.JPG|St. Andrew's Church in Lviv </gallery>
==Latin Catholic Church in Ukraine == {{Main|Latin Church in Ukraine}} [[File:Roman-Catholic_church_in_Transcarpathia.png|thumb|right|Roman-Catholic parish in Transcarpathia region of Ukraine]] The present Archbishop for the Latins is [[Mieczysław Mokrzycki]] (ordained on 29 September 2007 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]).<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmokr.html Catholic Hierarchy Portal News]</ref> [[File:Roman Catholic Diocese and Decanates in Ukraine map eng.png|thumb|Roman Catholic Diocese and Decanates in Ukraine]] The [[Latin Church in Ukraine]] had in 2007; 905 communities, 88 monasteries, 656 monks and nuns, 527 priests, 713 churches (74 under construction), 39 missions, 8 educational institutions, 551 Sunday schools, 14 periodical editions.<ref name="parg">''Parafiyalna Gazeta (Roman Catholic newspaper), N 24, December, 2007, in Ukrainian''</ref><ref>''Roman Catholicism in Ukraine, Religious Information Service of Ukraine web-site''</ref>
===Latin Catholic cathedrals in Ukraine=== * [[Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Kamianets-Podilskyi|Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral]], in [[Kamyanets-Podilsky]] * [[Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kharkiv|Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] in [[Kharkiv]] * [[Co-Cathedral of the Merciful Father, Zaporizhzhia|Merciful Father Co-Cathedral]], in [[Zaporizhzhia]] * [[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Zhytomyr|Saint Sophia Cathedral]], in [[Zhytomyr]] * [[Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv|St. Alexander Co-Cathedral]], in [[Kyiv]] * [[Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Lutsk|Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral]], in [[Lutsk]] * [[Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv|Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]], in [[Lviv]] * [[St. Martin of Tours Cathedral, Mukachevo|Cathedral of St. Martin of Tours]], in [[Mukacheve]] * [[Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, Odesa|Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral]], in [[Odesa]].<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/data/cathUA.htm GCatholic Directory]</ref> <gallery> File:Костьол св. Миколая Київ 2017 DSC7963.jpg|[[St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Kyiv|St. Nicholas Roman Catholic church]] in Kyiv. File:Кафедральний костел святих Петра і Павла (Луцьк) P1070901.jpg|[[Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Lutsk]] File:Кафедральний костел Святої Софії 1.jpg|[[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Zhytomyr]] File:Костел святого Миколая (м.Кам'янське).jpg|Church of St. Nicholas in the city of Kamianske File:Дніпро Костел Святого Йосипа 2023.jpg|St. Joseph's Church in Dnipro File:Храм Христа Царя Всесвіту РКЦ - panoramio - Oleksandr Kaktus (1).jpg|Church of Christ the King of the Universe in the city of [[Zviahel|Zvyahel]] </gallery>
==Hierarchy== See: [[List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine]]
==See also== *[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv]] *[[Superior Institute of Religious Sciences of St. Thomas Aquinas]] *[[Ukrainian Catholic University]] *[[Granting of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.rkc.lviv.ua/ The Latin Church in Ukraine] *[https://nunciaturekyiv.org Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine] *[http://www.ofm.org.ua/ OFM in Ukraine]
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