The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is an

Archeparchy 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 ...

(

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) of the

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''sui iuris'' (

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) in

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. It depends on the

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. Its archiepiscopal

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see is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour, in

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

(Івано-Франківськ), in the province

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...

, which also has a secularized

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: Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, in

Rohatyn Rohatyn ( uk, Рогатин, pl, Rohatyn) is a city located on the Hnyla Lypa River in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Rohatyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Pop ...

(Рогатин).

Volodymyr Viytyshyn Archbishop Volodymyr Viytyshyn ( uk, Володимир Війтишин; born 9 November 1959) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Archbishop-Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk since 2 June 2005 (until 21 N ...

was confirmed as eparch by Pope

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on 2 June 2005.

History

* Established on March 26, 1885 as ''Eparchy of Stanislaviv''/ Stanislaviv / Ivano-Frankivs’k / Stanislaopolitan(us) (Latin adjective), on territory split off 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 ...

, as

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see in the

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of Kyiv-Halych. * November 9, 1962: Renamed as ''Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk''. * April 20, 1993: Lost territory to establish the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi, now its suffragan. * Elevated on December 13, 2011 as ''Metropolitan Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk''/ Stanislaviv / Ivano-Frankivs’k / Stanislaopolitan(us) (Latin).

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan has only two

see : *

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chernivtsi The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chernivtsi is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine. The eparchy is a suffragan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk. The eparchy was established on 12 Septemb ...

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine. The eparchy is suffragan to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk. The eparchy was established on 20 April 1993. ...

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

; ''Suffran Eparchs (Bishops) of Stanislaviv/Ivano-Frankivsk'' *(27 March 1885 – 22 Sep 1891) Yulian Pelesh, next Bishop of

Przemyśl of the Ukrainians Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...

(Poland) (1891 – 1896) *(22 Sep 1891 – 19 June 1899)

Julian Sas-Kuilovsky Julian Sas-Kuilovsky ( uk, Куїловський Юліан; 1 May 1826 – 4 May 1900) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1899 until his death in 1900. Life Julian Sas-Kuilovsky was born on May 1, 1 ...

*(19 June 1899 – 17 Dec 1900)

Andrey Sheptytsky Andrey Sheptytsky, OSBM (; uk, Митрополит Андрей Шептицький; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death in 1944. His tenure spann ...

O.S.B.M. The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...

*(6 May 1904 – 17 Jan 1947)

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Hryhoriy Khomyshyn ** auxiliary bishop Ivan Lyatyshevskyi (24 Nov 1929 – 27 Nov 1957),

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of Adada :''In 1946 the Communist

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prohibited the Greek Catholic Churches; all its properties were allocated to the

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'' * (April 1945 – 02 Dec 1973)

Ivan Slezyuk * (April 1945 – 22 August 1964)

Symeon Lukach * (April 1945 – 2 March 1964)

Stepan Vaprovych Stepan Vaprovych ( uk, Степан Вапрович; 1 May 1899 – 2 March 1964) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk from 1945 to 1964. Biography B ...

* (April 1945 – 02 Oct 1965)

Hryhoriy Balahurak Hryhoriy Volodymyr Balahurak, O.S.B.M. ( uk, Григорій Володимир Балагурак; 5 July 1909 – 2 October 1965) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparch ...

* (1964 – 28 Dec 1979)

Yosafat Fedoryk Yosafat Yosyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. ( uk, Йосафат Йосиф Федорик; 20 December 1897 – 28 December 1979) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was Exarch of Central Asia from 1959 (from 1964 in rank of bishop) to 1 ...

* (30 Nov 1968 – 16 Jan 1991) Sofron Dmyterko,

* (1 May 1974 – 16 Jan 1991)

Pavlo Vasylyk Pavlo Vasylyk ( uk, Павло Василик; 8 August 1926 – 12 December 2004) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was clandestine bishop from 1974 to 1991, an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk from ...

* (1977 – 20 Dec 1988)

Yakiv Tymchuk Yakiv Yaroslav Tymchuk, O.S.B.M. ( uk, Яків Ярослав Тимчук; 24 August 1919 – 20 December 1988) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk ...

* (15 August 1989 – 16 Jan 1991)

Iryney Bilyk Bishop Iryney Ihor Bilyk, O.S.B.M. ( uk, Іриней Ігор Білик; born 2 January 1950) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk from 15 August 1989 until 21 Ju ...

''In 16 January 1991 the Holy See publicly confirmed all clandestine consecrations'' * (16 Jan 1991 – 07 Nov 1997) Sofron Dmyterko,

** auxiliary bishop (16 Jan 1991 – 20 April 1993) ''

, titular bishop of Plotinopolis'' ** auxiliary bishop (16 Jan 1991 – 21 July 2000) ''

, titular bishop of

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'' * (07 Nov 1997 – 02 June 2005)

Sofron Mudry Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M (27 November 1923 – 31 October 2014) was a Ukrainian Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Sofron Stefan Mudry was born in Zolochiv, Poland, was ordained a priest in the Religious Order of Saint Basil the Great ...

, succeeding as former

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(02 March 1996 – 07 Nov 1997) *

(02 June 2005 – 13 Dec 2011 ''see below''), previously

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Kolomyia–Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine. The eparchy is suffragan to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk. The eparchy was established on 20 April 1993. ...

(Ukraine) (2003.05.13 – 2004.12.12) succeeding as Eparch (Bishop) of Kolomyia–Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2004.12.12 – 2005.06.02) ; ''Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Ivano-Frankivsk'' *

(13 Dec 2011 ''see above'' – ...) ** Auxiliary bishop ''

Yosafat Moschych Bishop Yosafat Bohdan Moschych, С.M.S.A.A. ( uk, Йосафат Богдан Мощич; born 16 September 1976 in Staryi Rozdil, Mykolaiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as the first eparchial bishop o ...

'', C.M.S.A.A. (27 May 2014 – 12 September 2017), titular bishop of

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(27 May 2014 – 12 September 2017); previously

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of Missionary Congregation of Saint Andrew the Apostle (2003.10.21 – 2013)

Sources and external links

Profile at GCatholic.org
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History

Ecclesiastical province

Statistics

Episcopal Ordinaries and Auxiliary bishops

See also

Sources and external links