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Ukrainian Greek Catholic archeparchy in Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. It was erected in 2011. It is the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province located in the western part of Ukraine in the oblasts of Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi. It has two suffragan eparchies: Kolomyia and Chernivtsi. The incumbent ordinary of the archeparchy is Volodymyr Viytyshyn, who was confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 June 2005. It is assisted and protected by the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches in Rome. The cathedral church of the archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour which is situated in the eponymous city of Ivano-Frankivsk.
Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk Archieparchia Stanislaopolitana Архиєпархія з Івано-Франківська | |
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Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,700 km2 (2,600 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2009) 792,272 603,918 (76.2%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 26 March 1885 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour in Ivano-Frankivsk |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Volodymyr Viytyshyn |
Suffragans | Eparchy of Kolomyia, Eparchy of Chernivtsi |
Auxiliary Bishops | Mykola Semenyshyn |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Archeparchy |
The metropolis has two suffragan sees :
As per 2014, it pastorally served 591,157 Catholics (75.8% of 780,117 total) on 6,700 km² in 390 parishes and 55 missions with 457 priests (423 diocesan, 34 religious), 173 lay religious (52 brothers, 121 sisters) and 90 seminarians.
On 16 January 1991, the Holy See publicly confirmed all clandestine consecrations
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