The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is an Archeparchy (

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) of the

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''sui iuris'' (

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) in

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. It depends on the

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. Its archiepiscopal

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see is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour, in

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Ob ...

(Івано-Франківськ), in the province

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an oblast (region) in western Ukraine ...

, which also has a secularized

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: Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, in Rohatyn (Рогатин).

Volodymyr Viytyshyn Archbishop Volodymyr Viytyshyn ( uk, Володимир Війтишин; born 9 November 1959) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Archbishop-Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk since 2 June 2005 (until 21 N ...

was confirmed as eparch by Pope

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on 2 June 2005.

History

* Established on March 26, 1885 as ''Eparchy of Stanislaviv''/ Stanislaviv / Ivano-Frankivs’k / Stanislaopolitan(us) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from the

Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv The Archeparchy of Lviv is a metropolitan archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. History Eparchy of Halych (1156 – 1406) The eparchy was established as the Orthodox Eparchy of Halych suffragan to Metropolitan of Kiev at some tim ...

, as

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see in the

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of Kyiv-Halych. * November 9, 1962: Renamed as ''Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk''. * April 20, 1993: Lost territory to establish the

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine. The eparchy is suffragan to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk. The eparchy was established on 20 April 19 ...

, now its suffragan. * Elevated on December 13, 2011 as ''Metropolitan Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk''/ Stanislaviv / Ivano-Frankivs’k / Stanislaopolitan(us) (Latin).

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan has only two

see : *

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chernivtsi The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chernivtsi is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine. The eparchy is a suffragan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk. The eparchy was established on 12 Sep ...

* Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia.

Statistics

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.

Episcopal Ordinaries and Auxiliary bishops

; ''Suffran Eparchs (Bishops) of Stanislaviv/Ivano-Frankivsk'' *(27 March 1885 – 22 Sep 1891)

Yulian Pelesh Yulian Pelesh ( uk, Юліан Пелеш, pl, Julian Pełesz; 3 January 1843 – 22 April 1896) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in present-day Ukraine and Poland. He was the first Eparchial Bishop of the new created Ukrainian Catholic ...

, next Bishop of

Przemyśl of the Ukrainians Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was p ...

(Poland) (1891 – 1896) *(22 Sep 1891 – 19 June 1899)

Julian Sas-Kuilovsky Julian Sas-Kuilovsky ( uk, Куїловський Юліан; 1 May 1826 – 4 May 1900) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1899 until his death in 1900. Life Julian Sas-Kuilovsky was born on May 1, ...

*(19 June 1899 – 17 Dec 1900)

Andrey Sheptytsky Andrey Sheptytsky, OSBM (; uk, Митрополит Андрей Шептицький; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death in 1944. His tenure sp ...

, O.S.B.M. *(6 May 1904 – 17 Jan 1947)

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** auxiliary bishop Ivan Lyatyshevskyi (24 Nov 1929 – 27 Nov 1957),

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:''In 1946 the Communist

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prohibited the Greek Catholic Churches; all its properties were allocated to the

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'' * (April 1945 – 02 Dec 1973)

Ivan Slezyuk * (April 1945 – 22 August 1964)

Symeon Lukach * (April 1945 – 2 March 1964) Stepan Vaprovych * (April 1945 – 02 Oct 1965) Hryhoriy Balahurak, O.S.B.M. * (1964 – 28 Dec 1979) Yosafat Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. * (30 Nov 1968 – 16 Jan 1991)

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, O.S.B.M. * (1 May 1974 – 16 Jan 1991) Pavlo Vasylyk * (1977 – 20 Dec 1988) Yakiv Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. * (15 August 1989 – 16 Jan 1991) Iryney Bilyk, O.S.B.M. ''In 16 January 1991 the Holy See publicly confirmed all clandestine consecrations'' * (16 Jan 1991 – 07 Nov 1997)

, O.S.B.M. ** auxiliary bishop (16 Jan 1991 – 20 April 1993) '' Pavlo Vasylyk, titular bishop of

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'' ** auxiliary bishop (16 Jan 1991 – 21 July 2000) '' Iryney Bilyk, O.S.B.M., titular bishop of

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'' * (07 Nov 1997 – 02 June 2005) Sofron Mudry, O.S.B.M., succeeding as former

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(02 March 1996 – 07 Nov 1997) *

(02 June 2005 – 13 Dec 2011 ''see below''), previously

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of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2003.05.13 – 2004.12.12) succeeding as Eparch (Bishop) of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2004.12.12 – 2005.06.02) ; ''Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Ivano-Frankivsk'' *

(13 Dec 2011 ''see above'' – ...) ** Auxiliary bishop ''

Yosafat Moschych Bishop Yosafat Bohdan Moschych, С.M.S.A.A. ( uk, Йосафат Богдан Мощич; born 16 September 1976 in Staryi Rozdil, Mykolaiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as the first eparchial bishop of ...

'', C.M.S.A.A. (27 May 2014 – 12 September 2017), titular bishop of Pulcheriopolis (27 May 2014 – 12 September 2017); previously

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of Missionary Congregation of Saint Andrew the Apostle (2003.10.21 – 2013)

Sources and external links

Profile at GCatholic.org
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History

Ecclesiastical province

Statistics

Episcopal Ordinaries and Auxiliary bishops

See also

Sources and external links