The Archeparchy of Kyiv is a

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of the

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, that is located in the central part of

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. The ordinary is the Archeparch of Kyiv who is also the

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of the

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of Kyiv-Halych and the

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of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The incumbent Archeparch is

Sviatoslav Shevchuk Sviatoslav Shevchuk (; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) is a Catholic Church in Ukraine, Ukrainian Catholic prelate who has served as the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia, Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and P ...

. He is assisted by two auxiliary bishops:

Bohdan Dzyurakh Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. (b. 1967, Hirske, Lviv Oblast, Hirske, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a curial bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and titular bishop of Vagada (Numidia), Vagada. He is also head of the Supervisory Counc ...

and Josyf Milyan. The Archeparchy of Kyiv founded the newspaper "Sobor".

History

On 25 November 1995, the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod was created under the jurisdiction of the

Archeparchy of Lviv The Archeparchy of Lviv 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 see, it has ...

. Originally, it covered all central, eastern and southern parts of

. Later (2002-2003), it lost territory to form new

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s for the eastern and southern regions. On 6 December 2004, the remaining central region of the Exarchate was transformed into the Archeparchy of Kyiv. Since the so-called "Synod of Polotsk" in 1838, Kyiv had been deprived of its own see. At the same time, an ecclesiastical province ("major archeparchy") was erected. The Archeparchy of Kyiv became the principal see of the newly created Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych, and thus a primatial see of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.Catholic Hierarchy: Archdiocese of Kyiv (Ukrainian)
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of the "Metropolis of Galicia" was transferred from St. George's Cathedral in the city of Lviv to the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in the

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—

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. On 21 November 2011, the Major Archeparchy lost three

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...

sees:

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(Bučač) and Kolomyia–Chernivtsi and Kamyanets; as a result, the Archeparchy of Kyiv is the sole territory of the Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych.

Episcopal ordinaries

; ''Archiepiscopal Exarchs of Kyiv–Vyshhorod'' * Mykhaylo Koltun, C.Ss.R. (1996.11.13 – 1997.11.07),

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Casæ in Pamphylia (1996.11.13 – 1997.11.07), also

Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

Zboriv Zboriv (, ; ; ; ) is a small List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the historical region of Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia. The local government is administered by Zboriv City Cou ...

(Ukraine) (1996.11.13 – 1997.11.07), being previously its Eparch (1993.04.20 – 1996.11.13); later again Eparch of Zboriv (1997.11.07 – 2000.07.21) and Eparch of Sokal–Zhovkva (Ukraine) (2000.07.21 – ...) * Wasyl Medwit,

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(1997.09.20 – 2004.12.06), Titular Bishop of Hadriane, previously Auxiliary Eparch of

Lviv of the Ukrainians The Archeparchy of Lviv 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 see, it has ...

(Ukraine) (1994.03.30 – 1996.09.30) and

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and

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of the Ukrainians (1996.09.30 – 2002.10); later

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of the Ukrainians (2004.12.06 – 2009.03.17) & Auxiliary Bishop of

Donetsk–Kharkiv of the Ukrainians The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk () is one of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite, Ukrainian language)'s five Archiepiscopal Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction under a Major ...

(Ukraine) (2009.03.17 – 2013.10.25) ; ''Archbishops of Kyiv / Major Archbishops of Kyiv–Halych'' * Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U., previously

of Nisa in Lycia (

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1996.02.22 – 2001.01.25), Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1996.10.14 – 2000.12.16) and Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Ukrainians (2000.12.16 – 2001.01.25), Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) ( 001.01.252001.01.26 – 2004.12.06), also President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (2001.01.26 – 2011.02.10); created

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of Santa Sofia a Via Boccea (2001.02.21 001.11.17– ...); ** Auxiliary Eparch

, C.SS.R. (2005.12.21 – 2009.07.29) ** Auxiliary Eparch Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M., ?term? * ''

Ihor Vozniak Ihor Vozniak (born 3 August 1951) is the Archbishop of Lviv since 2005, succeeding Liubomyr Huzar. Life Vozniak was born on 3 August 1951 in Lypytsi, in Mykolaiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (in present-day ...

, C.SS.R. (2011.02.10 – 2011.03.25)'' *

(2011.03.25 – ...), also President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (2011.03.25 – ...); previously

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(2009.01.14 – 2011.03.23), Auxiliary Eparch of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina) (2009.01.14 – 2010.03.10), then that see's apostolic administrator (2010.03.10 – 2011.03.23) ** Auxiliary Eparch Josyf Milyan, (M.S.U.) (2009.04.16 – ...)

References

External links

Official site of Archeparcy of Kyiv
(in Ukrainian)

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Eparchies of the Ruthenian Uniate Church Metropolis of Kyiv