The Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (french: Éparchie Saint Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens) 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 the ...

of the

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, a ''

sui iuris ''Sui iuris'' ( or ) also spelled ''sui juris'', is a Latin phrase that literally means "of one's own right". It is used in both secular law and the Catholic Church's canon law. The term church ''sui iuris'' is used in the Catholic '' Code of Ca ...

'' church of the

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. Its territory encompasses

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

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Luxemburg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...

, the

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and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Its

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 ...

is the

Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand The Cathedral of Saint Volodymyr the Great (french: Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand, uk, Собор святого Володимира Великого), in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, is the cathedral church of the Ukrainian Catholic ...

in the

episcopal see An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

. The former eparch

Borys Gudziak Borys Gudziak (born 24 November 1960) is the current Archeparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. He founded the Institute of Church History and served as the rector and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University. He wa ...

was appointed as Archeparch of

Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in the Eastern United States. Its episcopal see is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Archep ...

on 4 February 2019, while

Hlib Lonchyna Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna (; born 23 February 1954) is eparchial Bishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London since 1 September 2019. He had served as bishop from 18 January 2013. Previously, he serv ...

, Eparch of

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London The Eparchy of the Holy Family of London ( uk, Єпархія Пресвятої Родини у Лондоні; la, Eparchia Sanctae Familiae Londiniensis) is the only Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of t ...

was appointed as apostolic administrator. Lonchyna resigned as the Eparch of the Holy Family in London on 1 September 2019, replaced by Kenneth Nowakowski in 2020.

History

The eparchy was erected on 22 July 1960 as

apostolic exarchate An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and e ...

for the French, Benelux and Swiss faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. On January 19, 2013 the exarchate was elevated in the rank of the

by Pope

Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereig ...

. It remains immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč, without belonging to his

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province.

List of former Hierarchs

Sources and external links

Official website of the Eparchy

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History

List of former Hierarchs

See also

Sources and external links