Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir - Drohobych
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The Eparchy of Sambir - Drohobych is an eparchy
of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
, in the ecclesiastical province
of Kyiv-Halych
.
The first eparch was Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U., who was appointed to this position by the Blessed Pope John Paul II on 30th March, 1994, having previously been Apostolic Administrator
of the eparchy from its inception in 1993.
Eparch Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R., who had been Coadjutor Bishop
of the Eparchy, became the current Eparch when His Beatitude, Sviatoslav Shevchuk
, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc (Kiev), Ukraine
, with the consent of the Permanent Synod meeting in Curitiba, Brazil, on Saturday, September 10, 2011, and having informed the Apostolic See, accepted the resignation of Eparch Voronovsky.
Eparchy
Eparchy is an anglicized Greek word , authentically Latinized as eparchia and loosely translating as 'rule over something,' like province, prefecture, or territory, to have the jurisdiction over, it has specific meanings both in politics, history and in the hierarchy of the Eastern Christian...
of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , Ukrainska Hreko-Katolytska Tserkva), is the largest Eastern Rite Catholic sui juris particular church in full communion with the Holy See, and is directly subject to the Pope...
, in the ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Kyiv-Halych
Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych
The Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych is the only major archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The cathedral church, the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, is presently under construction in Kyiv....
.
The first eparch was Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U., who was appointed to this position by the Blessed Pope John Paul II on 30th March, 1994, having previously been Apostolic Administrator
Apostolic Administrator
An apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration...
of the eparchy from its inception in 1993.
Eparch Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R., who had been Coadjutor Bishop
Coadjutor bishop
A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...
of the Eparchy, became the current Eparch when His Beatitude, Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Sviatoslav Shevchuk is the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church since 25 March 2011.-Life:Sviatoslav Shevchuk was born in 1970, in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR. He was ordained as a priest on 26 June 1994. From 2002 to 2005 he worked as head of the secretariat of Patriarch Lubomyr Husar...
, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc (Kiev), Ukraine
Ukraine
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, with the consent of the Permanent Synod meeting in Curitiba, Brazil, on Saturday, September 10, 2011, and having informed the Apostolic See, accepted the resignation of Eparch Voronovsky.