Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw
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The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw ( la, Archidioecesis Premisliensis–Varsaviensis ritus byzantini ucraini, uk, Перемишльсько-Варшавська архієпархія УГКЦ) 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 the ...
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) of the
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. Its
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archiepiscopal see is the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, in the city of Przemyśl. Although national capital
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
was added to its title, there is no co-cathedral. Both former cathedrals (now Orthodox churches) are elsewhere in
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: * Former Ukrainian Catholic in
Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...
, now the , * Supraśl Orthodox Monastery of the Annunciation, in
Supraśl Supraśl (; be, Су́прасль; ) is a town and former episcopal see in north-eastern Poland. Supraśl is in Podlaskie Voivodeship (province) since 1999, previously in Białystok Voivodeship (1975-1998) (1975–1998), and is in Białystok C ...
.


Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan has two Suffragan Eparchies: *
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk (Olsztyn–Gdańsk of the Ukrainians) is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the , which covers some part of Poland for the Ukrainian Greek Ca ...
* Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin


Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 30,000 Eastern Catholics in 69 parishes and 2 missions with 44 priests (33 diocesan, 11 religious), 4 deacons, 96 lay religious (14 brothers, 82 sisters), 7 seminarians.


History

In 1087 the Eparchy of Przemyśl was established in the Principality of Peremyshl as Eastern Orthodox eparchy. The town initially did not adhere to the
Union of Brest The Union of Brest (; ; ; ) was the 1595–96 decision of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church eparchies (dioceses) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to break relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church and to enter into communion with, and place i ...
(1595–96) thus having for a short period two bishops. In 1679, Innocenty Winnicki became the Orthodox bishop and on 23 June 1691 Innocenty publicly accepted the Union for himself and for his eparchy, and he remained the only bishop of the town after that the Greek Catholic bishop on the same year moved to
Chełm Chełm (; uk, Холм, Kholm; german: Cholm; yi, כעלם, Khelm) is a city in southeastern Poland with 60,231 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is located to the south-east of Lublin, north of Zamość and south of Biała Podlaska, some ...
. Innokentiy Vynnyckyj was succeeded in 1700 by his brother by Yurij Vynnyckyj who later became Metropolitan of Kyiv and Galicia. On 10 February 1934, it lost territory to establish the Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna In 1946, Bishop Josaphat Kotsylovsky was arrested and extradited to the USSR, where he died in prison. In Poland, where the city of Przemysl and a majority of the eparchy was located (a portion was in the
Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
), all priests were arrested and given sentences of between four and ten years. One hundred Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests remained in Poland. After their release, they kept a low profile, serving in the Latin rite Church, many as convent chaplains. Sixteen worked giving pastoral care to Ukrainian Catholics at pastoral centres. In 1977, the Latin Catholic Primate of Poland's Vicar-General for Ukrainian Greek Catholics was also named Dean of the Przemysl Eparchy by the Vatican. Cardinal
Josyf Slipyj Josyf Slipyi ( uk, Йосиф Сліпий, born as uk, Йосиф Коберницький-Дичковський, translit=Yosyf Kobernyts'kyy-Dychkovs'kyy; 17 February 1892 – 7 September 1984) was a Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek ...
objected to this action as contrary to his prerogatives and appointed the same priest Administrator of the eparchy. In 1981, a second Vicar-General to the Primate was appointed for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Poland outside of the traditional boundaries of the Przemysl Eparchy.Andrew Sorokowski (1986), ''Ukrainian Catholics and Orthodox in Poland since 1945'' On 16 January 1991, it gained back the territory from the suppressed daughter Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna (above, promoted in 1941, de facto defunct since 1947). On 24 May 1996, the eparchy was promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa (Polish) / Przemysl–Warsaw (English) / Przemyśl–Varsavia (Curiate Italian) / Premislien(sis)–Varsavien(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini (Latin adjective). It enjoyed a
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from the Polish
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in June 1999. On 25 November 2020 it lost the territory along with the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław–Koszalin to establish the new
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk (Olsztyn–Gdańsk of the Ukrainians) is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the , which covers some part of Poland for the Ukrainian Greek Ca ...
.


Episcopal ordinaries

(all Ukrainian rite) ;''Eparchs (Bishops) of Przemyśl'' (Ukrainian Rite) * Innokentiy Vynnyckyj (1679–1700), adhered to the
Union of Brest The Union of Brest (; ; ; ) was the 1595–96 decision of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church eparchies (dioceses) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to break relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church and to enter into communion with, and place i ...
in 1691 * Yurij Vynnyckyj (later Metropolitan of Kiev) (1700–1713) * Lev Kiszka (later Metropolitan of Kiev) (1713–1715) * (1715–1746) * (1746–1762) * (1762–1779) *''
Maksymilian Rylo Maksymilian Rylo, O.S.B.M. ( pl, Maksymilian Ryłło, uk, Максиміліян Рило; 21 September 1719 – 22 November 1793) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was an Eparchial Bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Chełm ...
, Administrator'' (1780–1785) *
Maksymilian Rylo Maksymilian Rylo, O.S.B.M. ( pl, Maksymilian Ryłło, uk, Максиміліян Рило; 21 September 1719 – 22 November 1793) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was an Eparchial Bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Chełm ...
(1785–1793) *'' Petro Bilyanskyi, Administrator'' (1793–1796) * Antin Anhelovych (later Metropolitan of Lviv) (1796–1808.03.16) * Mihail Lewicki (later Cardinal) (1813.09.20 – 1816.03.08) * Ivan Snihurskyi (1818.03.30 – 1847.08.24) * Hryhoriy Yakhymovych (later Metropolitan of Lviv) (1848.09.05 – 1860.03.23) *
Toma Polyanskyi Toma Polyanskyi ( uk, Тома Полянський, pl, Tomasz Syrus Polański; 15 October 1796 – 11 November 1869) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in a present-day Ukraine and Poland. He was the Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Cath ...
(1860.03.23 – 1867.10.01) *''
Joseph Sembratovych Joseph Sembratovych ( uk, Йосиф Сембратович, pl, Josyf Sembratowycz; 8 November 1821, Krynica-Zdrój – 23 October 1900) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1870 until his resignation ...
, Ap. Administrator'' (1867.10.01 – 1872.09.08) Tit. Archbishop * Ivan Stupnytskyi'' (1872.09.08 – 1890.12.22) *'' Julian Sas-Kuilovsky, Ap. Administrator (1890.12. – 1891.09.22) ** ?= Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julian Kuiłovskyi (later Archbishop) (1890.06.26 – 1891.09.22) * Yulian Pelesh (1891.09.22 – 1896.04.22) *
Konstantyn Chekhovych Kostyantyn Chekhovych ( uk, Костянтин Чехович, pl, Konstanty Czechowicz; 3 January 1847 – 28 April 1915) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in present-day Ukraine and Poland. He was the Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Ca ...
(1896.11.17 – 1915.04.28) * Blessed Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky,
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 ...
(1917.01.29 – 1947.11.17) ** Auxiliary Bishop: Blessed Bishop Hryhoriy Lakota (1926.02.10 – 1950.11.12) * See vacant (1947.11.17 – 1977.04.02) * Ivan Choma (1977.04.02 – 1991.06.16) (in exile, residence in Rome) * Jan Martyniak (1991.01.16 – 1996.05.24 ''see below''), succeeding as previous Titular Bishop of
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(1989.07.20 – 1991.01.16) and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (1989.07.20 – 1991.01.16) ;''Metropolitan Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Przemyśl–Warsaw '' * Jan Martyniak (''see above'' 1996.05.24 – 2015.11.07) * Eugeniusz Popowicz (2015.11.07 – ...), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia (2013.11.04 – 2015.11.07) and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (2013.11.04 – 2015.11.07).


References


Sources and external links


GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections



Archeparchy website (Polish and Ukrainian)
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