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The Roman Catholic Church

• 807 communities
• 50 monasteries
• 309 monks and nuns
• 431 priests
• 713 churches
• 74 churches are being built

Catholics of the Latin rite are members of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in Ukraine, whose hierarchical structures in the past were spread over those Ukrainian lands which became incorporated into neighboring Catholic nations. After these territories were joined to the USSR, the Soviet power liquidated the diocesan network of the Roman Catholics, deporting and repressing a significant portion of its clergy and faithful. Only about one hundred parishes remained under the severe government control. Since Ukrainian independence many parishes have re-opened and new parishes have been formed. His Eminence Marian Cardinal Jaworski, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv, is the primate of Roman Catholics in Ukraine.

For current relevant websites, see the RISU page Religion in Ukraine on the Internet