Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk

Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk Archieparchia Stanislaopolitanus Архиєпархія з Івано-Франківська
Cathedral of the Resurrection
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Ukraine
Statistics
Area	6,700 km2 (2,600 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2009) 792,272 603,918 (76.2%)
Information
Denomination	Ukrainian Catholic
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	26 March 1885
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour in Ivano-Frankivsk
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Metropolitan Archbishop	Volodymyr Viytyshyn
Suffragans	Eparchy of Kolomyia, Eparchy of Chernivtsi
Map
Website
Website of the Archeparchy

Map of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the province of Lviv in 1939

The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is an Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine rite in Ukrainian language) in Ukraine. It depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

Its archiepiscopal cathedral see is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour, in Ivano-Frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ), in the province Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, which also has a secularized World Heritage Site: Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, in Rohatyn (Рогатин).

Volodymyr Viytyshyn was confirmed as eparch by Pope Benedict XVI 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, as suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province 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, 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 suffragan see :

• Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chernivtsi
• 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, next Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1891 – 1896)
• (22 Sep 1891 – 19 June 1899) Julian Sas-Kuilovsky
• (19 June 1899 – 17 Dec 1900) Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M.
• (6 May 1904 – 17 Jan 1947) Blessed Hryhoriy Khomyshyn
  • auxiliary bishop Ivan Lyatyshevskyi (24 Nov 1929 – 27 Nov 1957), titular bishop of Adada

In 1946 the Communist Soviet Union prohibited the Greek Catholic Churches; all its properties were allocated to the Russian Orthodox Church

• (April 1945 – 02 Dec 1973) Blessed Ivan Slezyuk
• (April 1945 – 22 August 1964) Blessed 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) Sofron Dmyterko, 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) Sofron Dmyterko, O.S.B.M.
  • auxiliary bishop (16 Jan 1991 – 20 April 1993) Pavlo Vasylyk, titular bishop of Plotinopolis
  • auxiliary bishop (16 Jan 1991 – 21 July 2000) Iryney Bilyk, O.S.B.M., titular bishop of Novae
• (07 Nov 1997 – 02 June 2005) Sofron Mudry, O.S.B.M., succeeding as former coadjutor bishop (02 March 1996 – 07 Nov 1997)
• Volodymyr Viytyshyn (02 June 2005 – 13 Dec 2011 see below), previously Coadjutor Bishop 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

• Volodymyr Viytyshyn (13 Dec 2011 see above – ...)
  • Auxiliary bishop Yosafat Moschych, C.M.S.A.A. (27 May 2014 – 12 September 2017), titular bishop of Pulcheriopolis (27 May 2014 – 12 September 2017); previously Superior General of Missionary Congregation of Saint Andrew the Apostle (2003.10.21 – 2013)

See also[]

• List of Catholic dioceses in Ukraine

Sources and external links[]

• Profile at GCatholic.org

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