Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
| Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi Eparchia Camenecensis Ucrainorum Українська Греко-Католицька Кам'янець-Подільська Єпархія | |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv |
| Headquarters | Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 20,645 km2 (7,971 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 1,367,892 ? |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | December 11, 2015 |
| Cathedral | Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of in Khmelnytskyi |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Bishop | Vasyl Semeniuk as Archieparchial Administrator. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Vasyl Semeniuk Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv |
The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language) in its homeland Ukraine.
The eparchy is suffragan of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv.
History
- Established as Eparchy of Kamyanets
- United on 6 December 2004 with its Metropolitan, as title of the Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč.
- Restored on December 11, 2015 as Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, on territory returned from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, as its suffragan.[1]
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all Ukrainian Rite)
- Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Kamianets
- (unavailable)
- Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Kamianets-Podilskyi
- Archiepiscopal Administrator (11 December 2015 - ...) Vasyl Semeniuk, as first Metropolitan of Ternopil – Zboriv (2011.12.22 – ...), previously Titular Bishop of Castra severiana (2004.02.10 – 2006.10.19) & Auxiliary Eparch of Ternopil–Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2004.02.10 – 2006.10.19), succeeded as Eparch (Bishop) of Ternopil–Zboriv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2006.10.19 – 2011.12.22)
See also
References
- ↑ "Assenso del Santo Padre all'erezione dell'Eparchia di Kamyanets-Podilskyi degli Ucraini (Ucraina)" (in Italian). Official the Holy See Site. 2015-12-11.
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