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Archeparchy of Lviv Archieparchia Leopolitana Ucrainorum | |
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| Location | |
| Headquarters | Lviv,Ukraine |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Cathedral | St. George's Cathedral, Lviv |
| Patron saint | Saint George |
| Language | Church Slavonic, Ukrainian |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Ihor Vozniak,C.Ss.R. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Volodymyr Hrutsa,C.Ss.R. |
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| Website | |
| http://ugcc.lviv.ua | |
TheArcheparchy of Lviv is an ecclesiastical territory orecclesiastical province of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church — aparticularEastern Catholic Church, that is located inUkraine. It was erected in 1807. As ametropolitan see, it has threesuffragansees:Stryi,Sambir-Drohobych, andSokal–Zhovkva. The incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop isIhor Vozniak. Thecathedral church of the archeparchy isSt. George's in the city ofLviv.
The eparchy was established as the Eastern OrthodoxEparchy of Halych at some time during the mid 12th century as a suffragan of theMetropolis of Kiev and all Rus'. Theepiscopal seat was located inHalych. In 1303, the eparchy was elevated to metropolitan status as theMetropolis of Halych. It held this status during several periods of the 14th century. After 1401, the title of the vacated province was moved to the Metropolitan of Kyiv.[1]
After long mediation,Sigismund I re-established the eparchy in mid-1539, moving its see toLviv. The eparchy at first did not recognize theUnion of Brest of 1596. It joined the Union in 1700 as part of theMetropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia.[1]
Following thePartitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of the 18th century, most lands fell under Russian rule. In the remaining lands ruled by theAustrian Empire, the"Metropolis of Galicia" (or Halych) was re-established as an archeparchy in 1807 in theHabsburg-ruledKingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. After theSecond World War, in 1946 the archeparchy, together with the entire Ukrainian Church, was forcefully subjected under theRussian Orthodox Church. However, it continued to operate in secret in its canonical territory.[1] In 1959, the archeparchy was elevated to the rank of "Major Archeparchy" byPope John XXIII.
After the collapse of theIron Curtain in 1989, the Church began to restore canonical regularity.[1] On 19 August 1990 Archbishop Volodymyr (Sternyuk) served the first Hierarchical Divine Liturgy in the return to the churchSt. George's Cathedral, Lviv. On 30 March 1991, the Major Archbishop of Lviv, CardinalMyroslav Lyubachivskyi, returned from Rome to his major archiepiscopal see in Lviv.
In 1992 the church synod adopted decision to create more eparchies out of the archeparchy of Lviv and on 12 July 1993 it was approved by the Pope. There were established eparchy of Zboriv, eparchy of Sambir and Drohobych, and eparchy of Ternopil. In 2000 there were created eparchy of Stryi and eparchy of Sokal. In 2004 new Major Archbishop of LvivLubomyr Husar moved his see to Kiev, becoming Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, leaving the archeparchy of Lviv to ArchbishopIhor Vozniak.
On 6 December 2004, it was downgraded in status from a "Major Archeparchy" to an "Archeparchy". On 21 November 2011 the church structure was again changed; it became a metropolitan see or ecclesiastical province with three suffragan eparchies:
As of 2023[update] the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv isIhor Vozniak. He was an auxiliary bishop of the "Major Archeparchy of Lviv" during 2001–2004. In December 2004, he became an auxiliary bishop of the newly erectedUkrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych. In 2005, the Synod elected him as the firstarchbishop of the new Archeparchy of Lviv.
Prominent figures in the archeparchy have included:
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