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Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris

Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini

The Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris is the Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine rite) jurisdiction for Ukrainian Catholics in France and neighboring countries, erected as an exarchate on 22 July 1960 and elevated to an eparchy on 19 January 2013; it is immediately subject to the Holy See within the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Paris.

The see

Rank
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Ukrainian
Erected
1960
Latin
Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini
Patron
St. Volodymyr the Great
Annuario code
001002841

The see in figures

Catholics
26,130
Population
2,022
Priests
25
Catholics per priest
1,045
Extent
791,090 km²
Catholics per km²
0.0

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Eparch
Ihor Rantsya
Born
8 March 1978
Birthplace
Opilsko

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Paris stands in Saint Vladimir, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Five countries, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland, together form the territory of the Eparchy of Saint Volodymyr the Great of Paris (French: Éparchie Saint Volodymyr-le-Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens; Ukrainian: Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі). The jurisdiction belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. From the episcopal see of Paris, the Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand serves as its cathedral.

What is kept by invitation

The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.

The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].