Archeparchy of Lviv
Leopolitan(us) Ucrainorum
Eastern metropolitan see · Ukrainian · Lviv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic metropolitan archeparchy tracing its origins to the 12th-century Orthodox Eparchy of Halych and elevated as a metropolis with suffragan sees in 1807. Its suffragans are Stryi, Sambir-Drohobych and Sokal-Zhovkva; the seat is St. George's Cathedral in Lviv, returned to the church in 1990 after Soviet suppression.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Ukrainian
- Erected
- 1677
- Latin
- Leopolitan(us) Ucrainorum
- Patron
- Saint George
- Annuario code
- 001002078
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 812,523
- Priests
- 411
- Catholics per priest
- 1,977
- Extent
- 3,767 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 216
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
- Ihor Vozniak, 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
St. George's Cathedral, Lviv stands in Lviv, 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 Lviv (UGCC)
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
Erected in 1807, the Archeparchy of Lviv is an ecclesiastical territory and province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a particular Eastern Catholic Church in Ukraine. As a metropolitan see it counts three suffragans, Stryi, Sambir-Drohobych, and Sokal-Zhovkva. Ihor Vozniak is the incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop, and the cathedral church of the archeparchy is St. George's in the city of Lviv.
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
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].