Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris Eparchia Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini Diocèse de Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Territory | France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland |
Ecclesiastical province | Not part of any ecclesiastical province |
Metropolitan | Major Archeparch of Kyiv–Galicia |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2022) 26,000 |
Parishes | 16 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 22 July 1960 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Paris |
Patron saint | Vladimir the Great |
Secular priests | 25 (Diocesan) 2 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | sede vacante |
Apostolic Administrator | Hlib Lonchyna |
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.
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.
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.
Apostolic Exarchs for Ukrainians in France | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1960 | 1982 | Volodymyr Malanczuk, C.Ss.R. | Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria (1960–1990) |
1982 | 2012 | Michael Hrynchyshyn, C.Ss.R. | Titular Bishop of Zygris (1982–2012) and Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain (1987–1989) |
2012 | 2013 | Borys Gudziak | Titular Bishop of Carcabia (2012–2013). Became the first eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris. |
Eparchial bishops of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
2013 | 18 February 2019 | Borys Gudziak | Served previously as Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in France |
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