Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal–Zhovkva

Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy in Ukraine

Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkva

Eparchia Socaliensis-Zhovkviesis Ucrainorum

Українська Греко-Католицька Сокальсько-Жовківська Єпархія

Location
Territory| 6 Raions of Lviv Oblast
Ecclesiastical province| Archeparchy of Lviv
Headquarters| Zhovkva, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Statistics
Area| 6,991 km2 (2,699 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2014)
482,933
320,390 (66.3%)
Parishes| 363
Information
Sui iuris church| Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite| Byzantine
Established| July 21, 2000
Cathedral| Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul
Secular priests| 269
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Major Archbishop| Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Bishop| Mykhaylo Koltun
Metropolitan Archbishop| Ihor Vozniak Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv
Auxiliary Bishops| Petro Loza
Map
Website
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkva
Cathedral of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul

The Eparchy of Sokal – Zhovkva is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the archeparchy (archdiocese) of Lviv in Ukraine. The incumbent eparch is Mykhaylo Koltun.

## History

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* July 21, 2000: Established as Eparchy of Sokal from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv and the suppressed Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Zboriv.
* September 20, 2006: Name Changed as Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkva from Eparchy of Sokal.

## Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

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The following is a list of the bishops of Sokal-Zhovkva and their terms of service:

* (since 21 Jul 2000 – ) Mykhaylo Koltun

(since 12 Apr 2018 – ) Petro Loza, titular bishop of Panium, auxiliary

## External links

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* Official homepage (in Ukrainian)
* GCatholic.org information on the eparchy

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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

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