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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris

Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy in Western Europe


The Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (French: Éparchie Saint Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens; Ukrainian: Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі) is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a sui iuris church of the Roman Catholic Church. Its territory encompasses France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Quick Facts Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de ParisEparchia Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini Diocèse de Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі, Location ...

Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand in the episcopal see of Paris.

The former eparch Borys Gudziak was appointed as Archeparch of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 4 February 2019, while Hlib Lonchyna, Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London was appointed as apostolic administrator.

History

The eparchy was erected on 22 July 1960 as apostolic exarchate for the French, Benelux and Swiss faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

On 19 January 2013 the exarchate was elevated in the rank of the eparchy by Pope Benedict XVI. It remains immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč, without belonging to his metropolitan province.

List of former Hierarchs

More information Apostolic Exarchs for Ukrainians in France, From ...
More information Eparchial bishops of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris, From ...

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