The Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv 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

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. It was erected in 1807. As a

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see, it has two

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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 ...

and Kamyanets-Podilskyi. The incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop is

Vasyl Semeniuk Vasyl Semeniuk (born 2 August 1949) is the Metropolitan Archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations ...

church of the archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God in the city of

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Terno ...

History

*April 20, 1993: Established as ''Eparchy of Ternopil'' 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 ...

. *July 21, 2000: Lost territory to establish the

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach Buchach is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the e ...

. *July 21, 2000: Gained territory from the suppressed

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Zboriv The Eparchy of Zboriv was an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the ecclesiastical province of Lviv. It was established in 1993 and disestablished in 2000. History * April 20, 1993: Established on territory split off from the ...

and renamed as ''Eparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv''. *November 21, 2011: Elevated as ''Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv''. *December 11, 2015: Lost territory to restore the

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language) in its homeland Ukraine. The eparchy is suffragan of the ...

Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Ternopil - Zboriv and their terms of service: ; ''Eparchy of Ternopil'' *(20 Apr 1993 – 29 Jun 2006) Mykhaylo Sabryha, C.S.S.R. :: (10 Feb 2004 – 19 Oct 2006) ''

Vasyl Semeniuk Vasyl Semeniuk (born 2 August 1949) is the Metropolitan Archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.Vasyl Semeniuk Vasyl Semeniuk (born 2 August 1949) is the Metropolitan Archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.Vasyl Semeniuk Vasyl Semeniuk (born 2 August 1949) is the Metropolitan Archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.Teodor Martynyuk, M.S.U., titular bishop of Mopta'', auxiliary

Gallery of eparchies

Map of Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv.svg, Ternopil-Zboriv Map of Greek Catholic Eparchy of Buchach.svg, Buchach Map of Greek Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi.svg, Kamyanets-Podilskyi

External links

GCatholic.org information on the eparchy
Ternopil - Zboriv Christian organizations established in 1993 {{UkrainianGreekCatholic-diocese-stub