600th anniversary of Latin rite Catholic archdiocese in Ukraine
(June 04, 2012) The Catholic Church in Ukraine on Sunday concluded the festivities marking 600 years of the establishment of the Latin rite Catholic Church in the country. Pope Benedict XVI had sent Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general for Vatican City, as his special envoy to the closing celebration of the May 26 – June 3 Ukrainian National Eucharistic Congress, marking the 600th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of Lviv. According to Vatican statistics, 4.9 million of the nation’s 46.1 million people are Catholic. The nation has seven Roman Catholic dioceses, ten Ukrainian Greek Catholic dioceses, a Ruthenian Catholic diocese, and an Armenian Catholic diocese.
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