Ivano-Frankivsk Archeparchy

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Ivano-Frankivsk Archeparchy
Ivano-Frankivsk Archeparchy map
Basic data
Rite church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Country Ukraine
Diocesan bishop Volodymyr Viyyshyn
founding 1885
surface 6,700 km²
Parishes 371 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 )
Residents 792,272 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 )
Catholics 603,918 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 )
proportion of 76.2%
Diocesan priest 419 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 )
Religious priest 32 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 )
Catholics per priest 1,339
Friars 45 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 )
Religious sisters 122 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 )
rite Byzantine rite
Liturgical language Ukrainian
cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection
Website ugcc.if.ua
Suffragan dioceses Eparchy Kolomyia
Eparchy Chernivtsi
Ecclesiastical province
Map of the ecclesiastical province {{{ecclesiastical province}}}
coat of arms
Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection in Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanislau)

The archeparchy Ivano-Frankivsk ( lat. : Archieparchia Stanislaopolitanus ) is in the Ukraine located archeparchy the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , located in Ivano-Frankivsk .

The Ivano-Frankivsk eparchy was established on March 26, 1885. She gave up on April 20, 1993 parts of her territory to establish the Kolomyia-Chernivtsi eparchy . The area is shown in orange in the western part of the map. On November 21, 2011, the eparchy was elevated to an archparchy.

Bishops of Ivano-Frankivsk

Archbishops of Ivano-Frankivsk

  • Volodymyr Viytyshyn, since November 21, 2011

See also

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