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Suffragan eparchy Stryj, Ukraine

Eparchy of Stryj

Strien(sis)

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy covering five raions of Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine, with its see at Stryi. Erected 21 July 2000 from the Archeparchy of Lviv, of which it remains a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God in Stryi.

On the map

Esri
Stryj, Ukraine, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
2000
Catholics
305,041
Priests
251
Territory
4,145 km²

Parishes and churches

355 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Eparch
Taras Senkiv
Born
3 July 1960
Birthplace
Chortkiv
Institute
MINIMI

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God stands in Stryj, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A suffragan see of the Archeparchy of Lviv, the Eparchy of Stryi belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II named its first eparch, Bishop Julian Gbur, on 21 July 2000; he died on 24 March 2011. Taras Senkiv now holds the see. The eparchy's cathedral church, the Cathedral of Dormition of the Mother of God, stands in the city of Stryi.