Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk, Stanislaviv
Stanislaopolitan(us)
Eastern metropolitan see · Ukrainian · Ivano-Frankivsk, Stanislaviv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic metropolitan archeparchy in western Ukraine, established 26 March 1885 as the Eparchy of Stanyslaviv and elevated to metropolitan archeparchy on 13 December 2011. Its suffragans are Kolomyia and Chernivtsi; the seat is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour in Ivano-Frankivsk.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Ukrainian
- Erected
- 26 March 1885
- Latin
- Stanislaopolitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001697
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 591,157
- Population
- 792,272
- Catholic share
- 74.6%
- Priests
- 462
- Catholics per priest
- 1,280
- Extent
- 6,700 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 88
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Metropolitan Archbishop
- Volodymyr Viytyshyn
- Born
- 9 November 1959
- Birthplace
- Demydivka
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 the Resurrection of Our Saviour, Ivano-Frankivsk stands in Ivano-Frankivsk, Stanislaviv, 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.
The province of Ivano-Frankivsk
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of ChernivtsiChernivtsi
- Eparchy of KolomyiaKolomyia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 2011, the Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine. It heads an ecclesiastical province in the western part of the country, covering the oblasts of Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi, with two suffragan eparchies, Kolomyia and Chernivtsi.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- vul. Vasylianok 64, 76019 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraina
- Telephone
- e fax [0342]78.53.76
- [email protected]
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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 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.
Sources
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].