Number of Religious Organizations as of 1 January, 2001 broken down according to regions of Ukraine
Statistics supplied by the National Committee on Religious Matters of Ukraine
(*see note 1)
|
|
Orthodox
(*see note 2)
|
Greek Catholic
|
Roman Catholic
|
Protestants
|
Others
|
|
Crimea
(Autonomous Republic)
|
Total 423
UOC (MP)
391
UOC-KP
17
UAOC 2
Old Believers 2
Others 11
|
4
|
12
|
205/26
|
312/40
(*see note 3)
|
|
Cherkasy
|
Total 476
UOC (MP)
365
UOC-KP
71
UAOC 39
Old Believers 1
|
1
|
7
|
268/6
|
23
|
|
Chernihiv
|
Total 480
UOC (MP)
412
UOC-KP
65
UAOC 2
Others 1
|
2
|
2
|
116/18
|
9
|
|
Chernivtsi
|
Total 520/14
UOC (MP)
389/8
UOC-KP
122/4
Old Believers 9/2
|
18
|
30
|
363/98
|
12/10
|
|
Dnipropetrovsk
|
Total 421
UOC (MP) 361
UOC-KP
51
UAOC 8
Old Believers 1
|
4/1
|
5
|
212/8
|
22
|
|
Donetsk
|
Total 460/15
UOC (MP) 393/4
UOC-KP 62/11
UAOC 3
Old Believers 1
Others 1
|
20/3
|
4/1
|
478/120
|
52/7
|
|
Ivano-Frankivsk
|
Total 450
UOC (MP)
24
UOC-KP
308
UAOC
118
|
682
|
28
|
83
|
4
|
|
Kharkiv
|
Total 267/1
UOC (MP)
237
UOC-KP
12
UAOC 14
Old Believers 3/1
Others
1
|
5
|
10
|
166/15
|
25/1
|
|
Kherson
|
Total 304
UOC (MP)
243
UOC-KP
43
UAOC 17
Old Believers 1
|
7
|
14
|
150/4
|
29/3
|
|
Khmelnytsky
|
Total 979
UOC (MP)
783
UOC-KP
128
UAOC 63
Old Believers 4
Others 1
|
16
|
128
|
251
|
13
|
|
Kirovohrad
|
Total 215/1
UOC (MP)
184
UOC-KP
16/1
UAOC 11
Old Believers 4
|
|
1
|
157/28
|
8/2
|
|
Kyiv
(region)
|
Total 754
UOC (MP)
490
UOC-KP
250
UAOC 12
Old Believers 1
Others 1
|
8
|
21
|
341
|
7
|
|
Luhansk
|
Total 294
UOC (MP)
275
UOC-KP
10
UAOC 3
Old Believers 1
Others 5
|
2
|
1
|
202/2
|
30
|
|
Lviv
|
Total 799/7
UOC (MP) 58/3
UOC-KP 388/2
UAOC
352/2
Others 1
|
1489/44
|
133/1
|
233/46
|
16
|
|
Mykolayiv
|
Total 287
UOC (MP) 194
UOC-KP
86
UAOC 6
Others 1
|
5
|
6
|
142
|
16
|
|
Odessa
|
Total 511/2
UOC (MP)
430
UOC-KP
54
UAOC 3
Old Believers 13/2
Others 11
|
8
|
12
|
274/34
|
29/1
|
|
Poltava
|
Total 427/3
UOC (MP) 339/2
UOC-KP
79
UAOC 8
Old Believers 1/1
|
1
|
3
|
169/10
|
21/3
|
|
Rivne
|
Total 794/11
UOC (MP)
527/9
UOC-KP 248/2
UAOC 19
|
3
|
14
|
348/14
|
8
|
|
Sumy
|
Total 350
UOC (MP)
305
UOC-KP
43
UAOC 2
|
2
|
5
|
134/10
|
7/2
|
|
Ternopil
|
Total 601
UOC (MP)
117
UOC-KP
200
UAOC
284
|
763
|
75
|
143
|
4
|
|
Vinnytsia
|
Total 882/47
UOC (MP)
735/45
UOC-KP
103
UAOC 36
Old Believers 8/2
|
12
|
122
|
260/56
|
38
|
|
Volyn
|
Total 732
UOC (MP)
499
UOC-KP
218
UAOC 15
|
11
|
26
|
299/12
|
5/2
|
|
Zakarpattŗa (Transcarpathia)
|
Total 534/16
UOC (MP) 526/15
UOC-KP 6/1
UAOC 1
Old Believers 1
|
309
|
89/7
|
368/180
|
11/1
|
|
Zaporizhzhia
|
Total 301/6
UOC (MP) 232/6
UOC-KP
60
UAOC 1
Old Believers 1
Others 7
|
3
|
9
|
225/41
|
24/16
|
|
Zhytomyr
|
Total 647/5
UOC (MP) 512/1
UOC-KP
129
UAOC 3
Old Believers 3/4
|
5/1
|
117
|
225/23
|
18
|
|
City
of Kyiv
|
Total l244/3
UOC (MP) 131/3
UOC-KP
88
UAOC 21
Old Believers 2
Others 2
|
8
|
13
|
276/60
|
53/6
|
|
Total in Ukraine
|
13152/131
|
3388/49
|
887/9
|
6088/811
|
796/94
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|
Note 1: The first figure denotes
communities whose statutes are fully registered according to legal
requirements; the second figure denotes communities which operate without
registration, which is allowed according to Ukrainian legislation.
Note
2: In addition to the Ukrainian
Orthodox Church (of the Moscow Patriarchate), the Ukrainian Orthodox
Church - Kyivan Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox
Church, the following communities are also active in Ukraine: the Free Russian
Orthodox Church (outside of Russia), the Russian True Orthodox Church, Greek
communities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and a few other independent
Orthodox communities. Under the heading Orthodox these are included under
Other.
UOC (MP): Ukrainian Orthodox Church (of the Moscow
Patriarchate)
UOC-KP: Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan
Patriarchate
UAOC: Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Note
3: There are 255 Moslem communities with statutes registered included here; and another 40 communities operating without
registered statutes.
Journal,
Liudyna i Svit, Kyiv, January 2001, p. 39-42.
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