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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi

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Byzantine

Phone
  
+380 3433 21670

Area
  
14,095 km²

Major archbishop
  
Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Territory
  
7 Raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and all Chernivtsi Oblast

Ecclesiastical province
  
Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk

Headquarters
  
Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 1,238,400 238,400 (19.3%)

Sui iuris church
  
Ukrainian Greek Catholic

Address
  
вул. Івана Франка, 29, Коломия Івано-Франківська область, Ivano-Frankivs'ka oblast, Ukraine, 78200

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The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church situated in Ukraine. The eparchy is suffragan to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk. The eparchy was established on 20 April 1993.

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History

  • April 20, 1993: Established as Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi from the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk.

    • Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

    The following is a list of the bishops of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi and their terms of service:

  • (20 Apr 1993 – 12 Dec 2004) Pavlo Vasylyk
  • (12 Dec 2004 – 02 Jun 2005) Volodymyr Viytyshyn
  • (02 Jun 2005 – 21 May 2013) Mykola Simkaylo
  • (22 May 2013 – 13 Feb 2014) Vasyl Ivasyuk, titular bishop of Benda, Archiepiscopal Administrator
  • (since 13 Feb 2014 – ) Vasyl Ivasyuk

    • References

    Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi Wikipedia
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