Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkva
Socalien(sis)-Zhovkvien(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Sokal, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy covering six raions of Lviv Oblast, created 21 July 2000 as the Eparchy of Sokal and renamed Sokal-Zhovkva on 20 September 2006. It belongs to the metropolitan province of Lviv; the seat is the Cathedral of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul. Bishop Petro Loza, C.Ss.R. succeeded the retiring Mykhaylo Koltun in 2025 per the UGCC Synod of Bishops.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 2000
- Latin
- Socalien(sis)-Zhovkvien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003083
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 320,390
- Population
- 482,933
- Catholic share
- 66.3%
- Priests
- 269
- Catholics per priest
- 1,191
- Extent
- 6,991 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 46
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
- Petro Loza, 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
Cathedral of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul stands in Sokal, 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
Belonging to the archeparchy of Lviv in Ukraine, the Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkva is a jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Mykhaylo Koltun serves as its incumbent eparch.
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].