Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris Eparchia Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini Diocèse de Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі | |
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| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Territory | France,Belgium,Luxemburg, theNetherlands andSwitzerland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Not part of anyecclesiastical province |
| Metropolitan | Major Archeparch of Kyiv–Galicia |
| Statistics | |
| Population |
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| Parishes | 16 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 22 July 1960 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Paris |
| Patron saint | Vladimir the Great |
| Secular priests | 25 (Diocesan) 2 (Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Bishop | sede vacante |
| Apostolic Administrator | Hlib Lonchyna |
TheEparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (French:Éparchie Saint Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens;Ukrainian:Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі) is aneparchy of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church, asui iuris church of theRoman Catholic Church. Its territory encompasses France,Belgium,Luxemburg, theNetherlands andSwitzerland.
Itscathedral is theCathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand in theepiscopal see of Paris.
The former eparchBorys Gudziak was appointed as Archeparch ofUkrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 4 February 2019, whileHlib Lonchyna, Eparch ofUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London was appointed as apostolic administrator.
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The eparchy was erected on 22 July 1960 asapostolic exarchate for the French, Benelux and Swiss faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
On 19 January 2013 the exarchate was elevated in the rank of theeparchy by PopeBenedict XVI. It remains immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč, without belonging to hismetropolitan province.
| Apostolic Exarchs for Ukrainians in France | |||
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| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1960 | 1982 | Volodymyr Malanczuk,C.Ss.R. | Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria (1960–1990) |
| 1982 | 2012 | Michael Hrynchyshyn,C.Ss.R. | Titular Bishop of Zygris (1982–2012) andApostolic Administrator of theApostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain (1987–1989) |
| 2012 | 2013 | Borys Gudziak | Titular Bishop of Carcabia (2012–2013). Became the first eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris. |
| Eparchial bishops of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris | |||
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| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 2013 | 18 February 2019 | Borys Gudziak | Served previously as Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in France |
| Major archeparchy: Kyiv–Galicia |
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