Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir–Drohobych

Ukrainian Catholic eparchy in western Ukraine

Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych

Eparchia Samboriensis–Drohobychiensis Ucrainorum

Українська Греко-Католицька Самбірсько-Дрогобицька Єпархія

Coat of arms of Sambir–Drohobych

Location
Territory| 6 Raions of Lviv Oblast
Ecclesiastical province| Archeparchy of Lviv
Headquarters| Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Statistics
Area| 6,900 km2 (2,700 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2014)
598,180
396,721 (66.3%)
Information
Sui iuris church| Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite| Byzantine
Established| 20 April 1993 (re-established)
Cathedral| Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Holy Trinity
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Major Archbishop| Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Bishop| Yaroslav Pryriz Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych.
Metropolitan Archbishop| Ihor Vozniak Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv
Auxiliary Bishops| Hryhoriy Komar
Map
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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych

The Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the ecclesiastical province of Kyiv-Halych.

Seat of the Eparchy: The Cathedral of Holy Trinity

The first eparch was Yulian Voronovskyi, M.S.U., who was appointed to this position by Pope John Paul II on 30 March 1994, having previously been as Archiepiscopal 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 Eparch when Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych (Kyiv), Ukraine, with the consent of the Permanent Synod meeting in Curitiba, Brazil, on Saturday, 10 September 2011, and having informed the Apostolic See, accepted the resignation of Eparch Voronovskyi.

## History

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* 20 April 1993: Re-established as Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv in the territories of the former Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok.

## Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

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The following is a list of the bishops of Sambir – Drohobych and their terms of service:

* (20 Apr 1993 – 30 Mar 1994) Yulian Voronovskyi, M.S.U., titular bishop of Deultum, Archiepiscopal Administrator
* (30 Mar 1994 – 10 Sep 2011) Yulian Voronovskyi, M.S.U.

(2 Mar 2006 – 21 Apr 2010) Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R., titular bishop of Auzia, auxiliary
(21 Apr 2010 – 10 Sep 2011) Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R., coadjutor bishop

* (since 10 Sep 2011 – ) Yaroslav Pryriz C.S.S.R.

(since 25 Jun 2014 – ) Hryhoriy Komar, titular bishop of Acci, auxiliary

## External links

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* GCatholic.org information on the eparchy
* Profile at Catholic Hierarchy

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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Hierarchy including Ecclesiastical circumscriptions

Major archeparchy|

* Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Archeparchies|

* Kyiv: Sviatoslav Shevchuk
* Lviv: Ihor Vozniak
* Przemyśl–Warsaw: Eugeniusz Popowicz
* Winnipeg: Lawrence Huculak
* Philadelphia: Borys Gudziak
* Ivano-Frankivsk: Volodymyr Viytyshyn
* Ternopil–Zboriv: Vasyl Semeniuk
* São João Batista em Curitiba: Valdomiro Koubetch

Eparchies|

| Ukraine|

* Buchach: Dmytro Hryhorak
* Chernivtsi: Yosafat Moschych
* Kamyanets–Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk
* Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk
* Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz
* Sokal–Zhovkva: Mykhaylo Koltun
* Stryi: Taras Senkiv

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Poland|

* Olsztyn–Gdańsk: Arkadiusz Trochanowski
* Wrocław–Koszalin: Włodzimierz Juszczak

Canada|

* Edmonton: David Motiuk
* Saskatoon: Michael Smolinski
* New Westminster: Michael Kwiatkowski
* Toronto and Eastern Canada: Bryan Bayda

United States|

* Saint Nicholas of Chicago: Venedykt Aleksiychuk
* Saint Josaphat in Parma: Bohdan Danylo
* Stamford: Paul Chomnycky

Brazil|

* Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis: Meron Mazur

Argentina|

* Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires: Daniel Kozelinski Netto

Australia and New Zealand|

* Saints Peter and Paul of Australia: Mykola Bychok

United Kingdom|

* Holy Family of London: Kenneth Nowakowski

France, Benelux and Switzerland|

* Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris: Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic Administrator)

Apostolic exarchates|

| Germany and Scandinavia|

* Bohdan Dzyurakh

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Italy and
San Marino|

* Dionisio Lachovicz

Archiepiscopal exarchates|

* Donetsk: Stepan Meniok
* Kharkiv: Vasyl Tuchapets
* Krym: Mykhaylo Bubniy (Archiepiscopal Administrator)
* Odesa: Mykhaylo Bubniy
* Lutsk: Yosafat Hovera

Apostolic visitors|

* Chile: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
* Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
* Northern Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
* Paraguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
* Uruguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
* Venezuela: Daniel Kozelinski Netto

Curial and
auxiliary bishops|

* Volodymyr Firman (Ternopil–Zboriv)
* Petro Holiney (Kolomyia)
* Volodymyr Hrutsa (Lviv)
* Andriy Khimyak (Kyiv)
* Hryhoriy Komar (Sambir–Drohobych)
* Petro Loza (Sokal–Zhovkva)
* Bohdan Manyshyn (Stryi)
* Teodor Martynyuk (Ternopil–Zboriv)
* Yosyf Milyan (Kyiv)
* Andriy Rabiy (Winnipeg)
* Maksym Ryabukha (Donetsk)
* Mykola Semenyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk)
* Stepan Sus (Curial Bishop)

Bishops
emeritus|

* Jan Martyniak (Metropolitan) (Przemyśl – Warsaw)
* Stefan Soroka (Metropolitan) (Philadelphia)
* Iryney Bilyk (Buchach)
* Stephen Chmilar (Toronto)
* Petro Kryk (Germany and Scandinavia)
* Basil Losten (Stamford)
* Wasyl Medwit (Donetsk)
* Peter Stasiuk (Saints Peter and Paul of Australia)
* Michael Wiwchar (Saskatoon)

Defunct
circumscriptions|

| Poland|

* Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna
* Eparchy of Kholm and Belz
* Conversion of Chełm Eparchy

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Ukraine|

* Eparchy of Zboriv

Ruthenian Uniate Church|

* Eparchy of Suprasl
* Archeparchy of Polotsk
* Eparchy of Turov and Pinsk
* Eparchy of Volodymyr and Brest
* Eparchy of Lutsk and Ostroh
* Archeparchy of Smolensk

Seminaries|

* Kyiv
* Lviv
* Drohobych
* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Ternopil
* Rome
* Stamford
* Washington D.C.
* Edmonton
* Curitiba

* Catholicism portal
* Ukraine portal

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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