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Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)

Leopolitanus Ucrainorum



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Bishop(s)

  • Ihor Voznyak (Vozniak), C.SS.R., Archbishop
  • Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.SS.R., Auxiliary Bishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
1677ErectedEparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (erected)
Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
22 February 1807ElevatedEparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
26 September 1808ElevatedArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (became a Metropolitan)
26 March 1885Territory LostArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) Eparchy of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian) (erected)
23 December 1963ElevatedArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (became a Major Archdiocese)
20 April 1993Territory LostArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian)
Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian) (erected)
20 April 1993Territory LostArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) Eparchy of Ternopil (Ukrainian) (erected)
Eparchy of Zboriv (Ukrainian) (erected)
25 November 1995Territory LostApostolic Exarchate of Great Ukraine (Byzantine) (suppressed)
Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Apostolic Exarchate of Volyn, Polesia and Podlasie (Byzantine) (suppressed)
Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian) (erected)
21 July 2000Territory LostArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Eparchy of Ternopil (Ukrainian)
Eparchy of Sokal (Ukrainian) (erected)
21 July 2000Territory LostArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) Eparchy of Stryj (Ukrainian) (erected)
6 December 2004ElevatedArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (no longer a Major Archdiocese nor a Metropolitan)
21 November 2011ElevatedArcheparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (became a Metropolitan)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
19431,300,0001,0041,0041,2941,267ap1981
19971,607,0001,826,70088.0%483725552,8952485381736ap2000
2000857,0531,783,40048.1%251342853,0072204291434ap2001
2001650,0001,122,70057.9%262543162,0562202193264ap2002
2002655,0001,120,00058.5%273563291,9902185210272ap2003
2003650,0001,068,20960.8%271583291,9752131208271ap2004
2009755,8211,068,40070.7%319803991,8944363277277ap2010
2013675,224966,52969.9%375934681,4423341275285ap2014
2016812,5231,068,77376.0%390994891,6612263244289ap2017
2019795,7001,063,50074.8%395924871,633188187310ap2020
2021732,4841,051,83569.6%403924951,479177190317ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 363

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