Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
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The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language) in its homeland Ukraine.
Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi Eparchia Camenecensis Ucrainorum Українська Греко-Католицька Кам'янець-Подільська Єпархія | |
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Location | |
Territory | Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv |
Headquarters | Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine |
Statistics | |
Area | 20,645 km2 (7,971 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 1,298,304 20,000 (1,54%) |
Parishes | 75 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Rite | Byzantine |
Established | 11 December 2015 |
Cathedral | Nativity of Mary Cathedral in Khmelnytskyi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | Ivan Kulyk |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Vasyl Semeniuk Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv |
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The eparchy is suffragan of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv.
History
edit- Established as Eparchy of Kamyanets[citation needed]
- United on 6 December 2004 with its Metropolitan, as title of the Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč.
- Restored on 11 December 2015 as Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, on territory returned from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, as its suffragan.[1]
Episcopal ordinaries
edit(all Ukrainian Rite)
- Eparchs (Bishops) of Kamianets (unavailable)
- Eparchial Bishops of Kamianets-Podilskyi
- Archiepiscopal Administrator (11 December 2015 – 10 September 2019) Vasyl Semeniuk Metropolitan of Ternopil – Zboriv
- (since 10 September 2019) Ivan Kulyk
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Assenso del Santo Padre all'erezione dell'Eparchia di Kamyanets-Podilskyi degli Ucraini (Ucraina)" (in Italian). Official the Holy See Site. 11 December 2015.