The Eparchy of Stryi is an

eparchy Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on th ...

of the

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. It is a

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see of the Archeparchy of Lviv. The first

Eparch Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on t ...

was

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Julian Gbur Julian Gbur (November 14, 1942 – March 24, 2011) was the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi, Ukraine. Born in Brzeżawa, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divi ...

, who was appointed to this position by

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on 21 July 2000. He died on 24 March 2011. The incumbent eparch is Taras Senkiv. The

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church of the diocese is the "Cathedral of Dormition of Mather of God" in the city of

Stryi Stryi ( uk, Стрий, ; pl, Stryj) is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine 65 km to the south of Lviv (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains). It serves as the administrative cen ...

On Wednesday, 20 January 2010,

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gave his assent to the declaration of impediment of the eparchial see of Stryi of the Ukrainians, Ukraine, canonically issued by the Synod of Bishops of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church, because of the state of health of

, S.V.D., in accordance with Canon 233, Paragraph 1 of the Code of Canon Law for the Eastern Churches. He accepted the proposal of the Synod of Bishops of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church to appoint Auxiliary Bishop Senkiv as

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"ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the Eparchy of Stryi.

History

*July 21, 2000: Established as ''Eparchy of Stryi'' 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 ...

Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

The following is a list of the bishops of Stryi and their terms of service: *(21 Jul 2000 – 24 Mar 2011)

, S.V.D. :: (22 May 2008 – 20 Jan 2010) '' Taras Senkiv O.M., titular bishop of

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'', auxiliary :: (20 Jan 2010 – 02 Apr 2014) '' Taras Senkiv O.M., titular bishop of

'', Apostolic Administrator *(since 02 Apr 2014 – ) Taras Senkiv O.M. :: (since 02 Apr 2014 – ) '' Bohdan Manyshyn, titular bishop of Lesvi'', auxiliary

External links

GCatholic.org information on the eparchy
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