Archeparchy of Kyiv
Kiovien(sis)
Eastern metropolitan see · Ukrainian · Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic archeparchy formally established 6 December 2004 from an earlier exarchate, serving as the principal see of the Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych and primatial see of the UGCC. The seat is the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv, held by the Major Archbishop.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Ukrainian
- Erected
- 2004
- Latin
- Kiovien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001925
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 500,000
- Population
- 12,500,000
- Catholic share
- 4.0%
- Priests
- 144
- Catholics per priest
- 3,472
- Extent
- 178,270 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.8
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
- Major Archbishop
- Sviatoslav Shevchuk
- Born
- 5 May 1970
- Birthplace
- Stryj
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
In the central part of Ukraine lies the Archeparchy of Kyiv, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic archeparchy of the Catholic Church. Its ordinary, the Archeparch of Kyiv, is at the same time Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Kyiv-Halych and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; the incumbent is Sviatoslav Shevchuk, assisted by two auxiliary bishops, Bohdan Dzyurakh and Josyf Milyan. The archeparchy also founded the newspaper "Sobor".
How to reach it
- Chancery
- vul. Mykilsko-Slobidska 5, 02002 Kyiv, Ukraina
- Telephone
- [098]577.73.31; fax [044]254.56.10
- [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].