Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris explained

Jurisdiction:Eparchy
Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris
Latin:Eparchia Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini
Local:Diocèse de Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris
Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі
Territory:France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland
Province:Not part of any ecclesiastical province
Metropolitan:Major Archeparch of Kyiv–Galicia
Population As Of:2013
Catholics:25,400
Parishes:16
Denomination:Catholic Church
Established:22 July 1960
Cathedral:Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Paris
Patron:Vladimir the Great
Major Archbishop:Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Bishop:sede vacante
Suffragan:for one -->
Apostolic Admin:Hlib Lonchyna
Archdeacon:for one-->

The Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (French: Éparchie Saint Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens; Ukrainian: Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі) is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a sui iuris church of the Roman Catholic Church. Its territory encompasses France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand in the episcopal see of Paris.

The former eparch Borys Gudziak was appointed as Archeparch of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 4 February 2019, while Hlib Lonchyna, Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London was appointed as apostolic administrator.

History

The eparchy was erected on 22 July 1960 as apostolic exarchate for the French, Benelux and Swiss faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. On 19 January 2013 the exarchate was elevated in the rank of the eparchy by Pope Benedict XVI. It remains immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč, without belonging to his metropolitan province.

List of former Hierarchs

Apostolic Exarchs for Ukrainians in France
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19601982Volodymyr Malanczuk, C.Ss.R.Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria (1960–1990)
19822012Michael Hrynchyshyn, C.Ss.R.Titular Bishop of Zygris (1982–2012) and Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain (1987–1989)
20122013Borys GudziakTitular Bishop of Carcabia (2012–2013). Became the first eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris.

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