New Roman Catholic Bishops And Dioceses For Ukraine
The Pope has erected a new Roman Catholic diocese for eastern Ukraine, Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia, taking territories that were previously part of the Kyiv-Zhytomir and the Kamianets-Podilskyi dioceses. Auxiliary Bishop Stanislaw Padewski has been named bishop of the new diocese. The new diocese of Odesa-Simferopol (southern Ukraine) has been created out of territory previously part of the diocese of Kamianets-Podilskyi. Monsignor Bronislaw Bernacki has been nominated bishop of the new diocese. Monsignor Marian Buczek and Father Leon Maly have been nominated auxiliary bishops of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Lviv. Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation from pastoral duties of Bishop Jan Olszanski of the Kamianets-Podilskyi diocese. He has nominated Auxiliary Bishop Leonid Maksymilian Dubrawski to fill the position.
Source: www.rkc.lviv.ua
