Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych
Samborien(sis)-Drohobychien(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Sambir, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy covering six raions of Lviv Oblast, erected 20 April 1993 from the Archeparchy of Lviv, within whose metropolitan province it sits. The seat is the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Drohobych.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 20 April 1993
- Latin
- Samborien(sis)-Drohobychien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002861
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 396,721
- Population
- 598,180
- Catholic share
- 66.3%
- Priests
- 330
- Catholics per priest
- 1,202
- Extent
- 6,900 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 57
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
- Eparch
- Yaroslav Pryriz, 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
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Drohobych stands in Sambir, 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)
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Lviv.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Kyiv-Halych, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church maintains the Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych. Yulian Voronovskyi, M.S.U., became its first eparch by appointment of Pope John Paul II on 30 March 1994, after serving as Archiepiscopal Administrator from the eparchy's founding in 1993.
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].