The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi is an
eparchy
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(
Eastern Catholic
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diocese) of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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Ukrainian language
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) in its homeland
Ukraine
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.
The eparchy is suffragan of the Metropolitan
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv
The Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv is an ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Ukraine. It was erected in 1807. As a metropolitan ...
.
History
* Established as Eparchy of Kamyanets
* United on 6 December 2004 with its Metropolitan, as title of the
Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč
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.
* Restored on December 11, 2015 as Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, on territory returned from the
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv
The Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv is an ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Ukraine. It was erected in 1807. As a metropolitan ...
, as its suffragan.
Episcopal ordinaries
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Ukrainian Rite
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*''Archiepiscopal Administrator (11 December 2015 - 10 September 2019) ''
Vasyl Semeniuk
Vasyl Semeniuk (born 2 August 1949) is the Metropolitan Archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.Ivan Kulyk
See also
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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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Catholic Church
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