Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halyč
Kiovien(sis)-Halicien(sis)
Major archiepiscopal Church · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Kyiv, Ukraine
Major archiepiscopal see of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the largest Eastern Catholic church after the Syro-Malabar with about 4.2 million faithful worldwide. The major archbishopric was created by Pope Paul VI for Yosyf Slipyj on 23 December 1963 (as Lviv) and the see was transferred to Kyiv-Halych in 2005; the seat is the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv.
The see
- Rank
- Major archiepiscopal Church
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 23 December 1963
- Latin
- Kiovien(sis)-Halicien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000562
The bishop
- Major Archbishop
- Sviatoslav Shevchuk
- Born
- 20 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Hirske
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE (REDENTORISTI O LIGUORINI) (C.SS.R.)
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
Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Kyiv stands in Kyiv, 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 Kyiv-Halych
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) is a major archiepiscopal sui iuris ("autonomous") Eastern Catholic church, a particular church of the Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. Its major archbishop, at present Sviatoslav Shevchuk, presides over the whole Church, which regards itself as successor to the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus', established in 988 after the Christianization of Kievan Rus' by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great.
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.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic
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].