Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris

The Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (French: Éparchie Saint Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens; Ukrainian: Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі) is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a sui iuris church of the Roman Catholic Church. Its territory encompasses France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris

Eparchia Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini

Diocèse de Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris
Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі
Location
CountryFrance
TerritoryFrance, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland
Ecclesiastical provinceNot part of any ecclesiastical province
MetropolitanMajor Archeparch of Kyiv–Galicia
Statistics
Population
- Catholics
(as of 2022)
26,000
Parishes16
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
Established22 July 1960
CathedralCathedral of St. Vladimir in Paris
Patron saintVladimir the Great
Secular priests25 (Diocesan)
2 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk
Bishopsede vacante
Apostolic AdministratorHlib Lonchyna

Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand in the episcopal see of Paris.

The former eparch Borys Gudziak was appointed as Archeparch of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 4 February 2019, while Hlib Lonchyna, Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London was appointed as apostolic administrator.

History

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The eparchy was erected on 22 July 1960 as apostolic exarchate for the French, Benelux and Swiss faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

On 19 January 2013 the exarchate was elevated in the rank of the eparchy by Pope Benedict XVI. It remains immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč, without belonging to his metropolitan province.

List of former Hierarchs

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Apostolic Exarchs for Ukrainians in France
From Until Incumbent Notes
1960 1982 Volodymyr Malanczuk, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria (1960–1990)
1982 2012 Michael Hrynchyshyn, C.Ss.R. Titular Bishop of Zygris (1982–2012) and Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain (1987–1989)
2012 2013 Borys Gudziak Titular Bishop of Carcabia (2012–2013). Became the first eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris.
Eparchial bishops of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris
From Until Incumbent Notes
2013 18 February 2019 Borys Gudziak Served previously as Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in France

See also

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