Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk explained

Jurisdiction:Archeparchy
Ivano-Frankivsk
Latin:Archieparchia Stanislaopolitana
Local:Архиєпархія з Івано-Франківська
Coat:Coat of arms of Ivano-Frankivsk (UGCC).svg
Country: Ukraine
Area Km2:6,700
Population:792,272
Population As Of:2009
Catholics:603,918
Catholics Percent:76.2
Denomination:Catholic Church
Rite:Byzantine Rite
Established:26 March 1885
Cathedral:Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour in Ivano-Frankivsk
Major Archbishop:Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Metro Archbishop:Volodymyr Viytyshyn
Suffragans:Eparchy of Kolomyia, Eparchy of Chernivtsi
Auxiliary Bishops:Mykola Semenyshyn
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Map:Map of Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk.svg
Website:Website of the Archeparchy

The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. It was erected in 2011. It is the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province located in the western part of Ukraine in the oblasts of Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi. It has two suffragan eparchies: Kolomyia and Chernivtsi. The incumbent ordinary of the archeparchy is Volodymyr Viytyshyn, who was confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 June 2005. It is assisted and protected by the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches in Rome. The cathedral church of the archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour which is situated in the eponymous city of Ivano-Frankivsk.

History

Ecclesiastical province

The metropolis has two suffragan sees :

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

Eparchs (Bishops) of Stanislaviv/Ivano-Frankivsk

In 1946 the Soviet Union prohibited the Greek Catholic Church; all of its properties were appropriated by the Russian Orthodox Church

On 16 January 1991, the Holy See publicly confirmed all clandestine consecrations

Metropolitan Archeparchs of Ivano-Frankivsk

Gallery of eparchies

File:Map of Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk.svg|Ivano-FrankivskFile:Map of Greek Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia.svg|KolomyiaFile:Map of Greek Catholic Eparchy of Chernivtsi.svg|Chernivtsi

See also

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