Jurisdiction: | Eparchy |
Sambir – Drohobych | |
Latin: | Eparchia Samboriensis–Drohobychiensis Ucrainorum |
Territory: | 6 Raions of Lviv Oblast |
Province: | Archeparchy of Lviv |
Headquarters: | Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine |
Area Km2: | 6,900 |
Population: | 598,180 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Catholics: | 396,721 |
Catholics Percent: | 66.3 |
Sui Iuris Church: | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Rite: | Byzantine |
Established: | 20 April 1993 (re-established) |
Cathedral: | Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Holy Trinity |
Major Archbishop: | Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop: | Yaroslav Pryriz Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych. |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Metro Archbishop: | Ihor Vozniak Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv |
Map: | Map of Greek Catholic Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych.svg |
Website: | Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych |
The Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the ecclesiastical province of Kyiv-Halych.
The first eparch was Yulian Voronovskyi, M.S.U., who was appointed to this position by Pope John Paul II 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 Coadjutor Bishop of the Eparchy, became Eparch when Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych (Kyiv), Ukraine, with the consent of the Permanent Synod meeting in Curitiba, Brazil, on Saturday, 10 September 2011, and having informed the Apostolic See, accepted the resignation of Eparch Voronovskyi.
The following is a list of the bishops of Sambir – Drohobych and their terms of service:
(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 25 Jun 2014 –) Hryhoriy Komar, titular bishop of Acci, auxiliary