Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Zytomyr (Żytomierz), Diocese of

ZYTOMIR (ŻYTOMIERZ), DIOCESI DI

By Giuseppe Maria Schweigl

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Also known as: Diocese of Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Zhitomir

ZYTOMYR (ŻYTOMIERZ), DIOCESE OF. - Founded in 1321 and then united with Luck (v. LUCEORIA) on 8 Aug. 1798, divided again on 28 Oct. 1925 and made a suffragan of the archdiocese of Mohilev. It depends on the Pontifical Commission for Russia.

The apostolic administrator, Msgr. Teofilo Skalski, was imprisoned for the faith on 20 June 1926 and exiled in Sept. 1932. At the same time the vice-administrator, Msgr. Casimiro Naskrecky, who had already been imprisoned for the faith on 20 July 1929, was also exiled. In 1925 Z. had 66 priests, 102 churches and 350,000 faithful. For many years it has been devastated.

Bibliography3 works

BIBL.: AAS, 17 (1925), pp. 521-28; Sznarbochowski, Luch-Z., Warsaw 1926; Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 463.

Giuseppe M. Schweigl

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Schweigl, Giuseppe Maria. “Zytomir (ŻYtomierz), diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1840. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/zytomir-zytomierz-diocesi-di.

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Schweigl, Giuseppe Maria. “Zytomir (ŻYtomierz), diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1840. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/zytomir-zytomierz-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Schweigl, Giuseppe Maria},
  title     = {Zytomir (ŻYtomierz), diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1840},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/zytomir-zytomierz-diocesi-di}
}

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