The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv is an ecclesiastical territory or

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) of the

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, a

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Church, that is located in the central part of

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. The

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is the Archeparch of Kyiv who is also the

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of the

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of Kyiv-Halych and the

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of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The incumbent Archeparch is

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 ...

. He is assisted by two auxiliary bishops:

Bohdan Dzyurakh Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. (b. 1967, Hirske (Lviv), Hirske, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a curial bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and titular bishop of Vagada (Numidia), Vagada. He is also head of the Supervisory Council of ...

and Josyf Milyan. The Archeparchy of Kyiv founded the newspaper "Sobor".

History

On 25 November 1995, the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod was created under the jurisdiction of the Archeparchy of Lviv. Originally, it covered all central, eastern and southern parts of

. Later (2002-2003), it lost territory to form new

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s for the eastern and southern regions. On 6 December 2004, the remaining central region of the Exarchate was transformed into the Archeparchy of Kyiv. Since the "Synod of Polotsk" in 1838, Kyiv had been deprived of its own see. At the same time, an ecclesiastical province ("major archeparchy") was erected. The Archeparchy of Kyiv became the principal see of the newly created Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych, and thus a primatial see of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.Catholic Hierarchy: Archdiocese of Kyiv (Ukrainian)
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of the "Metropolis of Galicia" was transferred from St. George's Cathedral in the city of Lviv to the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in the

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. On 21 November 2011, the Major Archeparchy lost three

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sees:

Buchach Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of T ...

(Bučač) and Kolomyia–Chernivtsi and Kamyanets; as a result, the Archeparchy of Kyiv is the sole territory of the Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych.

Episcopal ordinaries

; ''Archiepiscopal Exarchs of Kyiv–Vyshhorod'' *

Mykhaylo Koltun Bishop Mykhaylo Koltun, C.Ss.R. ( uk, Михайло Колтун; born 29 March 1949 in Polonychi, Busk Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Eparchial Bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva since 21 July 2000. Previo ...

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(1996.11.13 – 1997.11.07),

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of Casæ in Pamphylia (1996.11.13 – 1997.11.07), also

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(Ukraine) (1996.11.13 – 1997.11.07), being previously its Eparch (1993.04.20 – 1996.11.13); later again Eparch of Zboriv (1997.11.07 – 2000.07.21) and Eparch of Sokal–Zhovkva (Ukraine) (2000.07.21 – ...) * Wasyl Medwit,

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(1997.09.20 – 2004.12.06), Titular Bishop of Hadriane, previously Auxiliary Eparch of

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(Ukraine) (1994.03.30 – 1996.09.30) and

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and

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of the Ukrainians (1996.09.30 – 2002.10); later

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of the Ukrainians (2004.12.06 – 2009.03.17) & Auxiliary Bishop of Donetsk–Kharkiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2009.03.17 – 2013.10.25) ; ''Archbishops of Kyiv / Major Archbishops of Kyiv–Halych'' * Cardinal

Lubomyr Husar Lubomyr Husar MSU ( uk, Любомир Гузар, Liubomyr Huzar; 26 February 1933 – 31 May 2017) was the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the first elected in independent Ukraine. He was also a cardinal of the C ...

, M.S.U., previously

of Nisa in Lycia (

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1996.02.22 – 2001.01.25), Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1996.10.14 – 2000.12.16) and Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Ukrainians (2000.12.16 – 2001.01.25), Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) ( 001.01.252001.01.26 – 2004.12.06), also President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (2001.01.26 – 2011.02.10); created

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(2001.02.21 001.11.17– ...); ** Auxiliary Eparch

, C.SS.R. (2005.12.21 – 2009.07.29) ** Auxiliary Eparch Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M., ?term? * ''

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, C.SS.R. (2011.02.10 – 2011.03.25)'' *

(2011.03.25 – ...), also President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (2011.03.25 – ...); previously

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(2009.01.14 – 2011.03.23), Auxiliary Eparch of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians (Argentina) (2009.01.14 – 2010.03.10), then that see's apostolic administrator (2010.03.10 – 2011.03.23) ** Auxiliary Eparch Josyf Milyan, (M.S.U.) (2009.04.16 – ...)

References

External links

Official site of Archeparcy of Kyiv
(in Ukrainian)

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Ruthenian Uniate eparchies

History

Episcopal ordinaries

See also

References

External links