Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw Archidioecesis Premisliensis–Varsaviensis ritus byzantini ucraini Archieparchia przemysko-warszawska | |
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 Seat of the Archeparchy: TheUkrainian Catholic Cathedral of the St. John the Baptist,Przemyśl,Poland | |
| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Territory | Poland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw |
| Headquarters | Przemyśl,Poland |
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| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 24 May 1996 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Przemyśl |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Eugeniusz Popowicz, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw |
| Map | |
 Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw in grey | |
| Website | |
| http://cerkiew.org/ | |
TheUkrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw (Latin:Archidioecesis Premisliensis–Varsaviensis ritus byzantini ucraini,Ukrainian:Перемишльсько-Варшавська архієпархія) is an ecclesiastical territory orecclesiastical province of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church — aparticularEastern Catholic Church, that is located in the south-eastern part ofPoland. It was erected in 1996. ItsByzantine Rite services are conducted in theUkrainian language. As ametropolitan see, it has twosuffragansees:Olsztyn–Gdańsk andWrocław-Koszalin. The incumbentordinary of the archeparchy isEugeniusz Popowicz. It is assisted and protected by theDicastery for the Eastern Churches in Rome. Thecathedral church of the archeparchy is theCathedral of St. John the Baptist, in the city ofPrzemyśl. Although the national capital ofWarsaw was added to its title, there is no co-cathedral.
Both former cathedrals (now Orthodox churches) are elsewhere inPodkarpackie Voivodeship:
The Metropolitan has twoSuffragan Eparchies:
As per 2023, it pastorally served 14,935 Eastern Catholics in 44 parishes and 14 missions with 45 priests (34 diocesan, 11 religious), 4 deacons, 50 lay religious (14 brothers, 36 sisters), 8 seminarians.
In 1087 the Eparchy of Przemyśl was established in thePrincipality of Peremyshl as Eastern Orthodox eparchy.
The town initially did not adhere to theUnion of Brest (1595–96) thus having for a short period two bishops. In 1679,Innocenty Winnicki became the Orthodox bishop and on 23 June 1691 Innocenty publicly accepted the Union for himself and for his eparchy, and he remained the only bishop of the town after that the Greek Catholic bishopIvan Malaxovskyj [pl] on the same year moved toChełm.Innokentiy Vynnyckyj was succeeded in 1700 by his brother byYurij Vynnyckyj who later becameMetropolitan of Kyiv and Galicia.[1][2]
On 10 February 1934, it lost territory to establish theApostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna
In 1946, BishopJosaphat Kotsylovsky was arrested and extradited to the USSR, where he died in prison. In Poland, where the city of Przemysl and a majority of the eparchy was located (a portion was in theUkrainian SSR), all priests were arrested and given sentences of between four and ten years. One hundred Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests remained in Poland. After their release, they kept a low profile, serving in theLatin rite Church, many as convent chaplains. Sixteen worked giving pastoral care to Ukrainian Catholics at pastoral centres. In 1977, the Latin Catholic Primate of Poland's Vicar-General for Ukrainian Greek Catholics was also named Dean of the Przemysl Eparchy by the Vatican. CardinalJosyf Slipyj objected to this action as contrary to his prerogatives and appointed the same priest Administrator of the eparchy. In 1981, a second Vicar-General to the Primate was appointed for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Poland outside of the traditional boundaries of the Przemysl Eparchy.[3]
On 16 January 1991, it gained back the territory from the suppressed daughterApostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna (above, promoted in 1941, de facto defunct since 1947).
On 24 May 1996, the eparchy was promoted toMetropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa (Polish) / Przemysl–Warsaw (English) / Przemyśl–Varsavia (Curiate Italian) / Premislien(sis)–Varsavien(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini (Latin adjective).
It enjoyed aPapal visit from the PolishPope John Paul II in June 1999.
On 25 November 2020 it lost the territory along with theUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław–Koszalin to establish the newUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk.
On 6 February 2023, the Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw, as well as the entiremetropolis of Przemyśl-Warsaw [pl], taking into account theprevious decision of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine[4] and the opinion of the Delegates of the Joint Diocesan Council inPorszewice in June 2022, decided toswitch [uk] to theRevised Julian calendar from 1 September 2023.[5][6]
(all Ukrainian rite)
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| Province of Kraków | |
| Province of Łódź | |
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| Province of Szczecin-Kamień | |
| Province of Warmia | |
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