Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)

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Bishop(s) Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R., Archbishop Hlib Lonchyna, M.S.U., Auxiliary Bishop Suffragan Dioceses Buchach {Bučač} (Ukrainian) Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanislaviv] (Ukrainian) Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian) Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian) Sokal (Ukrainian) Stryj (Ukrainian) Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian)

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archeparchy Elevated: 22 February 1807 Metropolitan See Rite: Ukrainian Country: Ukraine Square Kilometers: 3,758 (1,451 Square Miles) Mailing Address: Ploscha Sviatoho Jura 5, 79000 Lviv, Ukraina Telephone: (0322)722.524

Historical Details

• Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
  • Latin Name: Leopolitanus Ucrainorum
  • Erected: 1677
  • Country: Ukraine

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Varlaam Sheptyskyi † ( 1710 Appointed - 5 Apr 1715 Died)
• Athanasiy Sheptyskyi † (13 Sep 1715 Ordained Bishop - 17 Aug 1729 Appointed, Archbishop of Foreign Archdiocese)
• Antoni Angelowicz † (16 Mar 1808 Appointed - 6 Jun 1814 Died)
• Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (8 Mar 1816 Appointed - 14 Jan 1858 Died)
• Josyf Sembratovyc (Sembratowicz) † (27 Jun 1870 Appointed - 22 Dec 1882 Resigned)
• Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (27 Mar 1885 Appointed - 4 Aug 1898 Died)
• Andreas Alexander Szeptycki (Sheptytsky), O.S.B.M. † (12 Dec 1900 Appointed - 1 Nov 1944 Died)
• Josyf Ivanovycè Slipyj (Slipiy) † (1 Nov 1944 Succeeded - 7 Sep 1984 Died)
• Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky † (7 Sep 1984 Succeeded - 14 Dec 2000 Died)
• Lubomyr Husar (25 Jan 2001 Appointed - 29 Aug 2005 Appointed, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian))
• Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R. (10 Nov 2005 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
1677	Erected		Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (erected)
Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
22 February 1807	Elevated	Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
26 September 1808	Elevated		Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (became a Metropolitan)
23 December 1963	Elevated		Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (became a Major Archdiocese)
20 April 1993	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian) (erected)
20 April 1993	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Ternopil (Ukrainian) (erected)
20 April 1993	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Zboriv (Ukrainian) (erected)
25 November 1995	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian) (erected)
21 July 2000	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) Eparchy of Ternopil (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Sokal (Ukrainian) (erected)
21 July 2000	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Stryj (Ukrainian) (erected)
29 August 2005	Elevated		Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (no longer a Major Archdiocese)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
1943	1,300,000			1,004		1,004	1,294				1,267	ap1981
1997	1,607,000	1,826,700	88.0%	483	72	555	2,895	2	485	381	736	ap2000
2000	857,053	1,783,400	48.1%	251	34	285	3,007	2	204	291	434	ap2001
2001	650,000	1,122,700	57.9%	262	54	316	2,056	2	202	193	264	ap2002
2002	655,000	1,120,000	58.5%	273	56	329	1,990	2	185	210	272	ap2003
2003	650,000	1,068,209	60.8%	271	58	329	1,975	2	131	208	271	ap2004

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Julian Gbur, S.V.D. (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Feb 1994 to 21 Jul 2000)
• Lubomyr Husar (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Feb 1996; Major Archbishop: 25 Jan 2001 to 29 Aug 2005)
• Hlib Lonchyna, M.S.U. (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 2002)
• Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jan 1991 to 30 Mar 1994)
• Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R. (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 2002; Archbishop: 10 Nov 2005)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Antoni Angelowicz † (Archbishop: 16 Mar 1808 to 6 Jun 1814)
• Bl. Nykyta Budka † (Priest: 25 Oct 1905 to 15 Jul 1912; Auxiliary Bishop: 1928 to 1 Oct 1949)
• Philemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Feb 1985 to 26 Oct 1995)
• Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1816 to 14 Jan 1858)
• Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky † (Priest: 21 Sep 1938 to 13 Sep 1979; Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 Mar 1980; Archbishop: 7 Sep 1984 to 14 Dec 2000)
• Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jan 1991 to 20 Apr 1993)
• Josyf Sembratovyc (Sembratowicz) † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1870 to 22 Dec 1882)
• Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Feb 1879; Archbishop: 27 Mar 1885 to 4 Aug 1898)
• Athanasiy Sheptyskyi † (Bishop: 1715 to 17 Aug 1729)
• Varlaam Sheptyskyi † (Bishop: 1710 to 5 Apr 1715)
• Josyf Ivanovycè Slipyj (Slipiy) † (Priest: 30 Sep 1917; Coadjutor Archbishop: 25 Nov 1939; Archbishop: 1 Nov 1944; Major Archbishop: 23 Dec 1963 to 7 Sep 1984)
• Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. † (Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary: 16 Jan 1991 to 1996)
• Andreas Alexander Szeptycki (Sheptytsky), O.S.B.M. † (Archbishop: 12 Dec 1900 to 1 Nov 1944)
• Joseph Weber † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Dec 1895; Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary: 15 Apr 1901 to 26 May 1906)