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 Bishop Yulian Voronovskyi (also exist Romanization as Julian Voronovsky, uk, Юліан Вороновський; 5 May 1936 in Humnyska, Second Polish Republic, now is Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine – 28 February 2013 in Lviv) was th ...

, 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 A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co ...

of the Eparchy, became Eparch when

Sviatoslav Shevchuk Sviatoslav Shevchuk ( uk, Святосла́в Шевчу́к; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) has been the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) since 25 March 2011, serving as the Eastern Catholic church's le ...

, 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.

History

*20 April 1993: Re-established as ''Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych'' from the

Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv The Archeparchy of Lviv is a metropolitan archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. History Eparchy of Halych (1156 – 1406) The eparchy was established as the Orthodox Eparchy of Halych suffragan to Metropolitan of Kiev at some tim ...

in the territories of the former Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok.

Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

The following is a list of the bishops of Sambir – Drohobych and their terms of service: *(20 Apr 1993 – 30 Mar 1994) ''

, M.S.U., titular bishop of Deultum'', Archiepiscopal Administrator *(30 Mar 1994 – 10 Sep 2011)

, M.S.U. :: (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 10 Sep 2011 – ) Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R. :: (since 25 Jun 2014 – ) '' Hryhoriy Komar, titular bishop of Acci'', auxiliary

External links

GCatholic.org information on the eparchy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir - Drohobych Sambir - Drohobych Christian organizations established in 1993