Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy Of Sambir–Drohobych
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The Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych is an
eparchy Eparchy ( ''eparchía'' "overlordship") is an Ecclesiology, ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administra ...
of the
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, in the
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of Kyiv-Halych. The first eparch was
Yulian Voronovskyi Bishop Yulian Voronovskyi (also exist Romanization as Julian Voronovsky, ; 5 May 1936 in Humnyska, Second Polish Republic, now is Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine – 28 February 2013 in Lviv) was the Eparchial bishop of Ukrainian Cathol ...
, M.S.U., who was appointed to this position by
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on 30 March 1994, having previously been as Archiepiscopal Administrator of the eparchy from its inception in 1993. Eparch Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R., who had been
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of the Eparchy, became Eparch when
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,
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(Kyiv),
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, with the consent of the Permanent Synod meeting in
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, on Saturday, 10 September 2011, and having informed the Apostolic See, accepted the resignation of Eparch Voronovskyi.


History

*20 April 1993: Re-established as ''Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych'' from the
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv The Archeparchy of Lviv is an ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Ukraine. It ...
in the territories of the former Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok.


Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

The following is a list of the bishops of Sambir – Drohobych and their terms of service: *(20 Apr 1993 – 30 Mar 1994) ''
Yulian Voronovskyi Bishop Yulian Voronovskyi (also exist Romanization as Julian Voronovsky, ; 5 May 1936 in Humnyska, Second Polish Republic, now is Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine – 28 February 2013 in Lviv) was the Eparchial bishop of Ukrainian Cathol ...
, M.S.U., titular bishop of Deultum'', Archiepiscopal Administrator *(30 Mar 1994 – 10 Sep 2011)
Yulian Voronovskyi Bishop Yulian Voronovskyi (also exist Romanization as Julian Voronovsky, ; 5 May 1936 in Humnyska, Second Polish Republic, now is Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine – 28 February 2013 in Lviv) was the Eparchial bishop of Ukrainian Cathol ...
, M.S.U. :: (2 Mar 2006 – 21 Apr 2010) '' Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R., titular bishop of Auzia'', auxiliary :: (21 Apr 2010 – 10 Sep 2011) '' Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R.'', coadjutor bishop *(since 10 Sep 2011 – ) Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R. :: (25 Jun 2014 – 7 March 2025) ''
Hryhoriy Komar Bishop Hryhoriy Komar (, Anglicised as ''Gregory Komar''; born 19 June 1976) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, who is currently serving as the Titular Bishop of Acci (since 25 June 2014) and Apostolic Administrator of the Ukrainian Catholic ...
, titular bishop of Acci'', auxiliary


External links


GCatholic.org information on the eparchy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir - Drohobych Sambir - Drohobych Christian organizations established in 1993