Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr

History

• Established in 1321 as Diocese of Kyiv / Chiovien / Kiovien
• Renamed in 1638 as Diocese of Kyiv–Černihiv / Kyiv and Chernihiv / Kiovien et Chiovien
• Suppressed on 1798.08.08, its territory being reassigned to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk and Zytomierz.

• Restored on 1998.11.25 as Diocese of Kyïv–Žytomyr / Kyiv–Zhytomyr / Kiovien–Zytomerien on territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Žytomyr, whose last incumbent was appointed here
• Lost a substantial portion of the diocesan territory on 4 May 2002, to establish the Diocese of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia.

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Episcopal ordinaries

• Aleksander Sokołowski
• Stanisław Zaremba
• Jan Leszczyński
• Tomasz Ujejski, Jesuit Order , also/next Auxiliary Bishop of Warmia
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Stanislaus Giannotti, Canons Regular of Saint Augustine , Titular Bishop of Fez
• Jan Stanisław Witwicki, next Bishop of Luck , Bishop of Poznań
• Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski, next Bishop of Płock , Bishop of Warmia and Apostolic Administrator of Sambia
• Mikołaj Stanisław Święcicki, next Bishop of Poznań
• Jan Paweł Gomoliński
• Walenty Maciej Arcemberski
• Jan Joachim Tarło, S.J., next Bishop of Poznań
• Samuel Jan Ożga
• * Coadjutor Bishop: Józef Antoni Łaszcz , Titular Bishop of Antipatris, previously as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Chełm
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Antanas Tiškevičius , Titular Bishop of Mennith ; later Bishop of Žemaitija
• Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk, succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv–Černihiv and Titular Bishop of Emmaus ; later Bishop of Kraków
• Józef Andrzej Załuski
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Piarists , Titular Bishop of Cambysopolis
• Franciszek Kandyd Ossoliński, Conventual Franciscans , previously Titular Bishop of Dardanus, first as Coadjutor Bishop of Bacău , then as Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv–Černihiv
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Franciszek Remigiusz Zambrzycki, Titular Bishop of Dardanus
• Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski, succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Theveste and Coadjutor Bishop of Kyiv–Černihiv ; later Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz , Metropolitan Archbishop of Mohilev
• long vacancy, yet :
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Cyryl Lubowidzki, Titular Bishop of Dulma ; later Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilsky
• *Apostolic Administrator Father Teofil Skalski, no other prelature

• Jan Purwiński, previously last Bishop of mother see Žytomyr
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Surista, previously as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Žytomyr ; also Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Lutsk ; later Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia
• Archbishop Petro Malchuk, O.F.M.
• Apostolic Administrator Vitaliy Skomarovskyi, while Bishop of Luck ; formerly Titular Bishop of Bencenna as Auxiliary Bishop of Kyïv–Žytomyr .
• Bishop Vitaliy Kryvytskyi, S.D.B., no previous prelature.