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.
Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi Eparchia Camenecensis Ucrainorum Українська Греко-Католицька Кам'янець-Подільська Єпархія | |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv |
| Headquarters | Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 20,645 km2 (7,971 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 1,298,304 20,000 (1,54%) |
| Parishes | 75 |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | December 11, 2015 |
| Cathedral | Nativity of Mary Cathedral in Khmelnytskyi |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Bishop | Ivan Kulyk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Vasyl Semeniuk Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv |
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The eparchy is suffragan of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv.
History
- Established as Eparchy of Kamyanets
- United on 6 December 2004 with its Metropolitan, as title of the Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč.
- Restored on December 11, 2015 as Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, on territory returned from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, as its suffragan.[1]
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Ukrainian Rite)
- Eparchs (Bishops) of Kamianets
- (unavailable)
- Eparchial Bishops of Kamianets-Podilskyi
- Archiepiscopal Administrator (11 December 2015 - 10 September 2019) Vasyl Semeniuk Metropolitan of Ternopil – Zboriv
- (since 10 September 2019) Ivan Kulyk
References
- "Assenso del Santo Padre all'erezione dell'Eparchia di Kamyanets-Podilskyi degli Ucraini (Ucraina)" (in Italian). Official the Holy See Site. 11 December 2015.
External links
- Profile at Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]
- Profile at Gcatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
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