Sambir-Drohobych eparchy
Sambir-Drohobych eparchy | |
Basic data | |
---|---|
Rite church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Country | Ukraine |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archeparchy of Lviv |
Diocesan bishop | Jaroslav Pryriz CSsR |
Auxiliary bishop | Hryhoriy Komar |
founding | 1993 |
surface | 6,900 km² |
Parishes | 517 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 598.180 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 396,721 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 66.3% |
Diocesan priest | 280 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious priest | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,359 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Friars | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 29 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
rite | Byzantine rite |
Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
cathedral | Holy Trinity |
Website | www.sde.org.ua |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych ( Latin Eparchia Samboriensis-Drohobychiensis , Ukrainian Самбірсько-Дрогобицька єпархія Sambirsko-Drohobyzka jeparchija ) is in the Ukraine located eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , based in Sambir .
history
The Sambir-Drohobych eparchy was established on April 20, 1993 as a result of territorial cessions from the Lviv Archepark.
It covers the southwestern part of Lviv Oblast . The area is shown in orange on the map below.
Bishops of the Sambir-Drohobych eparchy
- Julian Voronovsky MSU , April 20, 1993-27. October 2011
- Jarosław Pryriz CSsR , since October 27, 2011