Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk

Diocese of Lutsk

Dioecesis Luceoriensis

Єпархія Луцьку
Location
CountryUkraine
Ecclesiastical provinceLviv
MetropolitanLviv
Statistics
Area40,300 km2 (15,600 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2013)
  • 2,211,000
  • 25,000 (1.1%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1404
CathedralSaint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Lutsk
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopVitaliy Skomarovskyi
Metropolitan ArchbishopMieczysław Mokrzycki
Bishops emeritusMarkijan Trofimiak

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk was first established in the 13th century as the diocese of Luceoria (Latin) or Łuck (Polish). After the victory of Napoleon, the diocese was joined with the Diocese of Zhytomyr, forming the diocese of Lutzk-Zhitomir-Kamenetz. (suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Mohilev between 1798 and 1925). In 1925, the diocese of Lutsk was restored and the Diocese of Zhytomyr became separate.