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Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv

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Country
  
Ukraine

Rite
  
Byzantine Rite

Area
  
8,346 km²

Denomination
  
Ukrainian Catholic

Established
  
20 April 1993

Major archbishop
  
Sviatoslav Shevchuk

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2014)636,000385,000 (60.53%)

Sui iuris church
  
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv is an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and centre of the ecclesiastical province.

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The current eparch is Vasyl Semeniuk, who was appointed to this position on 19 October 2006, having previously been Auxiliary Bishop of the eparchy from 2004.

History

  • April 20, 1993: Established as Eparchy of Ternopil from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv.
  • July 21, 2000: Lost territory to establish the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach.
  • July 21, 2000: Gained territory from the suppressed Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Zboriv and renamed as Eparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv.
  • November 21, 2011: Elevated as Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv.
  • December 11, 2015: Lost territory to restore the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi.

    • Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

    The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Ternopil - Zboriv and their terms of service:

    Eparchy of Ternopil
  • (20 Apr 1993 – 29 Jun 2006) Mykhaylo Sabryha, C.S.S.R.
  • (19 Oct 2006 – 22 Dec 2011) Vasyl Semeniuk ( see below)
    • Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv
  • (since 22 Dec 2011 – ) Vasyl Semeniuk (see above)

    • References

    Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv Wikipedia
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