Roman Catholic Diocese of Mukachevo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mukachevo (Latin: Dioecesis Munkacsiensis Latinorum) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. Antal Majnek is the current bishop of the diocese. He was appointed to the See of Mukachevo (Hungarian: Munkács) in 1997.
Diocese of Mukachevo Dioecesis Munkacsiensis Latinorum Єпархія Мукачево | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Ecclesiastical province | Lviv |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Lviv |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2013) 58,000 |
Information | |
Rite | Latin |
Cathedral | Кафедральний собор св. Мартина з Туру Cathedral of St. Martin of Tours in Mukacheve |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mykola Luchok, O.P. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mieczysław Mokrzycki |
Bishops emeritus | Antal Majnek, O.F.M. |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
History
The history of the diocese begins 1993 when the Apostolic Administration of Zakarpattia (Latin Name: Transcarpatiae Latinorum) was split off from the Diocese of Szatmár. This is unique among the Ukrainian dioceses, the remainder of which were all split off from Lviv, which has been associated with Polish culture. Mukachevo Roman Catholics are mostly members of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine. Elevated to a diocese in 2002, its first bishop was Antal Majnek until 28 January 2022.
Geography
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.
Ordinaries
- Antal Majnek, O.F.M. (7 October 1997 – 28 January 2022)
- Mykola Luchok, O.P. (28 January 2022 – 7 October 2023), Apostolic Administrator
- Mykola Luchok, O.P. (since 7 October 2023)