Kiev Archeparchy
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Diocesan bishop | Svyatoslav Shevchuk |
| Auxiliary bishop | Bohdan Dzyurakh CSsR |
| founding | 1596 |
| Parishes | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 500,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 69 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,814 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
| cathedral | Resurrection Cathedral |
| Website | www.kyiv.ugcc.org.ua |
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The Archeparchy of Kiev ( Latin : Archieparchia Kioviensis ) is an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church located in Ukraine , with its seat in Kiev .
history
The Archeparchy of Kiev was established on November 25, 1995 by Pope John Paul II from the cession of territory of the Archeparchy of Lviv as Archbishop's Exarchate of Kiev-Vyshhorod . On January 11, 2002, the Archbishop's Exarchate of Kiev- Vyshhorod gave up parts of its territory to establish the Archbishop's Exarchate of Donetsk-Kharkiv . Another assignment of territory took place on July 28, 2003 to establish the Archbishop's Exarchate of Odessa-Crimea . The Archbishopric Exarchate Kiev-Vyshhorod was elevated to the Archeparchy on December 6, 2004 and renamed the Archeparchy Kiev .
The Archparchy of Kiev is the private parish of the Grand Archbishop of Kiev-Halych .
The Kiev Archepark includes the Oblasts of Kiev , Zhytomyr , Cherkassy , Chernihiv and Vinnytsia . The area is shown in purple on the map.
Ordinaries
Archbishop Exarch of Kiev-Vyshhorod
- Ljubomyr Husar MSU , 1995–1996, then auxiliary bishop in Lemberg
- Mychajło Kołtun CSsR , 1996–1997
- Wassylij Medwit OSBM , 1997-2004, then Curia Bishop in the Grand Archbishopric of Kiev-Halych
Archbishops of Kiev
- Lyubomyr Cardinal Husar MSU, 2004-2011
- Svyatoslav Shevchuk , since 2011
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 2001 | 367,000 | ? | ? | 67 | 54 | 13 | 5,477 | 4th | 13 | 19th | 127 |
| 2003 | 200,200 | ? | ? | 63 | 48 | 15th | 3,177 | 3 | 15th | 16 | 48 |
| 2009 | 240,000 | ? | ? | 30th | 13 | 43 | 5,581 | 7th | 18th | 13 | 51 |