The Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv is an ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Ukraine. It was erected in 1993. As a metropolitan see, it has two suffragan sees — Buchach and Kamyanets-Podilskyi. The incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop is Vasyl Semeniuk. The cathedral church of the archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God in the city of Ternopil.
Archeparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv Archieparchia Ternopoliensis-Zborovensis Тернопільсько-Зборівська Архиєпархія | |
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 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,346 km2 (3,222 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 636,000 385,000 (60.53%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 20 April 1993 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God in Ternopil |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Vasyl Semeniuk |
| Suffragans | Eparchy of Buchach |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Teodor Martynyuk Volodymyr Firman |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Archeparchy | |
History edit
- April 20, 1993: Established as Eparchy of Ternopil from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv.
- July 21, 2000: Lost territory to establish the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach.
- July 21, 2000: Gained territory from the suppressed Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Zboriv and renamed as Eparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv.
- November 21, 2011: Elevated as Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv.
- December 11, 2015: Lost territory to restore the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi.
Eparchial and auxiliary bishops edit
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Ternopil - Zboriv and their terms of service:
- Eparchy of Ternopil
- (20 Apr 1993 – 29 Jun 2006) Mykhaylo Sabryha, C.S.S.R.
- (10 Feb 2004 – 19 Oct 2006) Vasyl Semeniuk, titular bishop of Castra Severiana, auxiliary
- (19 Oct 2006 – 22 Dec 2011) Vasyl Semeniuk ( see below)
- Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv
- (since 22 Dec 2011 – ) Vasyl Semeniuk (see above)
- (since 12 Mar 2015 – ) Teodor Martynyuk, M.S.U., titular bishop of Mopta, auxiliary
- (since 12 July 2023 – ) Volodymyr Firman, titular bishop of Limisa, auxiliary
Gallery of eparchies edit
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Ternopil-Zboriv -
Buchach -
Kamyanets-Podilskyi
External links edit
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