Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk

Archieparchia Stanislaopolitana

Архиєпархія з Івано-Франківська
Cathedral of the Resurrection
Coat of arms
Location
Country Ukraine
Statistics
Area6,700 km2 (2,600 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2009)
792,272
603,918 (76.2%)
Information
DenominationUkrainian Catholic
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
Established26 March 1885
CathedralCathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour in Ivano-Frankivsk
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk
Metropolitan ArchbishopVolodymyr Viytyshyn
SuffragansEparchy of Kolomyia, Eparchy of Chernivtsi
Auxiliary BishopsMykola Semenyshyn
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 ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in the western part of Ukraine in the provinces of Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi. It was erected in 2011. As a metropolitan see, it has two suffragan sees: 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

See also

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