Lviv (Ukrainian Archeparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Ihor Voznyak (Vozniak), C.Ss.R., Archbishop
Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R., Auxiliary Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archeparchy
Elevated: 22 February 1807
Metropolitan See
Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Byzantine Tradition
Country: Ukraine
Square Kilometers: 3,767 (1,455 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.ugcc.lviv.ua/
Mailing Address: Ploscha Sviatoho Jura 5, 79000 Lviv, Ukraina
Telephone: (032)261.08.94
Fax: (same)

Historical Details

Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
- Latin Name: Leopolitana Ucrainorum
- Erected: 1677
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
- Country: Ukraine

Past and Present Ordinaries

Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (28 Aug 1708 Appointed - 1710 Resigned)
Vasyl Varlam Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi) † (21 Jan 1710 Confirmed - 5 Apr 1715 Died)
Atanasiy (Atanasij) Sheptytskyi (Šeptycki) † ( 1715 Appointed - 12 Dec 1746 Died)
Onufrij Šumljanškyj † ( 1746 Appointed - 1749 Resigned)
Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. † ( 1749 Confirmed - 24 May 1779 Died)
Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) † (30 Oct 1779 Appointed - 29 May 1798 Died)
Mikołaj Skorodyński † (10 Mar 1799 Ordained Bishop - 23 May 1805 Died)
Anton Anhelovych (Angellowicz) † (16 Mar 1808 Appointed - 9 Aug 1814 Died)
Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (8 Mar 1816 Confirmed - 14 Jan 1858 Died)
Hryhorij Jachimowicz † (23 Mar 1860 Confirmed - 29 Apr 1863 Died)
Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) † (28 Sep 1863 Confirmed - 4 Jun 1869 Died)
Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (27 Jun 1870 Confirmed - 11 Nov 1882 Resigned)
Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (27 Mar 1885 Confirmed - 4 Aug 1898 Died)
Julian Kuiłovskyi † (19 Jun 1899 Appointed - 4 May 1900 Died)
Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † (17 Dec 1900 Confirmed - 4 Nov 1944 Died)
Josyf Slipyj † (1 Nov 1944 Succeeded - 7 Sep 1984 Died)
Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky † (7 Sep 1984 Succeeded - 14 Dec 2000 Died)
Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † (26 Jan 2001 Confirmed - 6 Dec 2004 Appointed, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian))
Ihor Voznyak (Vozniak), C.Ss.R. (10 Nov 2005 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
1677	Erected		Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (erected)
Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
22 February 1807	Elevated	Eparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
26 September 1808	Elevated		Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (became a Metropolitan)
26 March 1885	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian) (erected)
23 December 1963	Elevated		Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (became a Major Archdiocese)
20 April 1993	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) Diocese of Przemyśl (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian) (erected)
20 April 1993	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Ternopil (Ukrainian) (erected) Eparchy of Zboriv (Ukrainian) (erected)
25 November 1995	Territory Lost	Apostolic Exarchate of Great Ukraine (Byzantine) (suppressed) Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarchate of Volyn, Polesia and Podlasie (Byzantine) (suppressed)	Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian) (erected)
21 July 2000	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) Eparchy of Ternopil (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Sokal (Ukrainian) (erected)
21 July 2000	Territory Lost	Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)	Eparchy of Stryj (Ukrainian) (erected)
6 December 2004	Elevated		Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (no longer a Major Archdiocese nor a Metropolitan)
21 November 2011	Elevated		Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian) (became a Metropolitan)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)

1943 1,300,000 1,004 1,004 1,294 1,267 ap1981

1997 1,607,000 1,826,700 88.0% 483 72 555 2,895 2 485 381 736 ap2000

2000 857,053 1,783,400 48.1% 251 34 285 3,007 2 204 291 434 ap2001

2001 650,000 1,122,700 57.9% 262 54 316 2,056 2 202 193 264 ap2002

2002 655,000 1,120,000 58.5% 273 56 329 1,990 2 185 210 272 ap2003

2003 650,000 1,068,209 60.8% 271 58 329 1,975 2 131 208 271 ap2004

2009 755,821 1,068,400 70.7% 319 80 399 1,894 4 363 277 277 ap2010

2013 675,224 966,529 69.9% 375 93 468 1,442 3 341 275 285 ap2014

2016 812,523 1,068,773 76.0% 390 99 489 1,661 2 263 244 289 ap2017

2019 795,700 1,063,500 74.8% 395 92 487 1,633 188 187 310 ap2020

2021 732,484 1,051,835 69.6% 403 92 495 1,479 177 190 317 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian)
1943	1,300,000			1,004		1,004	1,294				1,267	ap1981
1997	1,607,000	1,826,700	88.0%	483	72	555	2,895	2	485	381	736	ap2000
2000	857,053	1,783,400	48.1%	251	34	285	3,007	2	204	291	434	ap2001
2001	650,000	1,122,700	57.9%	262	54	316	2,056	2	202	193	264	ap2002
2002	655,000	1,120,000	58.5%	273	56	329	1,990	2	185	210	272	ap2003
2003	650,000	1,068,209	60.8%	271	58	329	1,975	2	131	208	271	ap2004
2009	755,821	1,068,400	70.7%	319	80	399	1,894	4	363	277	277	ap2010
2013	675,224	966,529	69.9%	375	93	468	1,442	3	341	275	285	ap2014
2016	812,523	1,068,773	76.0%	390	99	489	1,661	2	263	244	289	ap2017
2019	795,700	1,063,500	74.8%	395	92	487	1,633		188	187	310	ap2020
2021	732,484	1,051,835	69.6%	403	92	495	1,479		177	190	317	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. (Deacon: 9 Oct 1991; Priest: 29 Mar 1992 to 31 Dec 1995; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Aug 2010 to 20 Apr 2017)
Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. (Deacon: 3 Mar 1991; Priest: 17 Mar 1991 to 19 Aug 1991)
Borys Andrij Gudziak (Deacon: 14 Aug 1998; Priest: 26 Nov 1998 to 21 Jul 2012)
Josaphat Oleh Hovera (Priest: 30 May 1990 to 20 Apr 1993)
Vasyl Hovera (Deacon: 28 Jul 1996; Priest: 2 Mar 1997 to 1 Jun 2019)
Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R. (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jan 2016)
Vasyl Ivasyuk (Deacon: 15 Aug 1989; Priest: 16 Aug 1989 to 20 Apr 1993)
Andriy Khimyak
Ivan Kulyk
Hlib (Borys Sviatoslav) Lonchyna, M.S.U. (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 2002 to 6 Dec 2004)
Petro Loza, C.Ss.R.
Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U.
Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R. (Deacon: 13 Dec 1987; Priest: 4 Dec 1988 to 19 Aug 1994)
Andriy Rabiy
Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B.
Vasyl Semeniuk (Priest: 22 Dec 1974 to 20 Apr 1993)
Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Deacon: 21 May 1994; Priest: 26 Jun 1994 to 14 Jan 2009)
Stepan Sus (Deacon: 8 Nov 2005; Priest: 30 Jun 2006 to 15 Nov 2019)
Ihor Voznyak (Vozniak), C.Ss.R. (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jan 2002; Archbishop: 10 Nov 2005)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Anton Anhelovych (Angellowicz) † (Priest: 2 Apr 1783 to 1796; Archbishop: 16 Mar 1808 to 9 Aug 1814)
Oleksiy Bazyuk † (Priest: 9 Apr 1898 to 12 Jun 1952)
Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) † (Bishop: 30 Oct 1779 to 29 May 1798)
Konštantín Bohačevskyj † (Priest: 31 Jan 1909 to 20 May 1924)
Ivan (Joannes) Bokhenskyi (Bocheński) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 May 1850 to 25 Jan 1857)
Josyf Botsian (Bocian) † (Priest: 21 Aug 1904; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Sep 1924 to 21 Nov 1926)
Ivan Bučko (Buchko) † (Deacon: 26 Apr 1914; Priest: 21 Feb 1915; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Sep 1929 to 17 Apr 1940)
Bl. Nykyta Budka † (Priest: 25 Oct 1905 to 15 Jul 1912)
Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.Ss.R. †
Nykanor Mykola Deyneha (Dejneha), M.S.U. † (Auxiliary Bishop: Feb 1972 to 8 Nov 1982)
Albin Dunajewski †
Julian Gbur, S.V.D. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Mar 1994 to 21 Jul 2000)
Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Oct 1996; Archiepiscopal Administrator: 14 Oct 1996; Apostolic Administrator: 23 Dec 2000 to 26 Jan 2001; Major Archbishop: 26 Jan 2001 to 6 Dec 2004)
Hryhorij Jachimowicz † (Deacon: 10 Sep 1816; Priest: 14 Sep 1816; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jul 1840 to 5 Sep 1848; Archbishop: 23 Mar 1860 to 29 Apr 1863)
Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak † (Deacon: 18 May 1944; Priest: 25 Mar 1945 to 17 Apr 1959)
Petro Kozak, C.Ss.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: Oct 1969 to 9 Dec 1984)
Julian Kuiłovskyi † (Archbishop: 19 Jun 1899 to 4 May 1900)
Philemon Kurchaba, C.Ss.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Feb 1985 to 26 Oct 1995)
Michał (Mykhaylo) Kuzemśki (Kuzemskyi) †
Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1816 to 14 Jan 1858)
Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky † (Deacon: 18 Aug 1938; Priest: 21 Sep 1938 to 13 Sep 1979; Coadjutor Major Archbishop: 27 Mar 1980; Major Archbishop: 7 Sep 1984 to 14 Dec 2000)
Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) † (Priest: 19 Jul 1835; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Apr 1857; Archbishop: 28 Sep 1863 to 4 Jun 1869)
Oleksandr Malynowskyj † (Priest: 1925 to 5 Feb 1941)
José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. †
Miroslav Stefan Marusyn † (Deacon: 25 Apr 1948; Priest: 2 May 1948 to 1977)
Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Mar 1994 to 30 Sep 1996)
Ivan Prasko † (Priest: 2 Apr 1939 to 10 May 1958)
Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.Ss.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jan 1991 to 20 Apr 1993)
Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1870 to 11 Nov 1882)
Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Feb 1879; Archbishop: 27 Mar 1885 to 4 Aug 1898)
Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1900 to 4 Nov 1944)
Vasyl Varlam Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi) † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1710 to 5 Apr 1715)
Atanasiy (Atanasij) Sheptytskyi (Šeptycki) † (Bishop: 1715 to 12 Dec 1746)
Lev Sheptytskyi (Szeptycki), O.S.B.M. † (Bishop: 1749 to 24 May 1779)
Mikołaj Skorodyński † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1799 to 23 May 1805)
Josyf Slipyj † (Deacon: 21 Sep 1917; Priest: 30 Sep 1917; Coadjutor Archbishop: 25 Nov 1939; Archbishop: 1 Nov 1944; Major Archbishop: 23 Dec 1963 to 7 Sep 1984)
Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.Ss.R. † (Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary: 16 Jan 1991 to 1996)
Ivan (Jan Saturnin) Stupnyckyj (Stupnicki) † (Deacon: 5 Jun 1842; Priest: 9 Jun 1842 to 8 Sep 1872)
Onufrij Šumljanškyj † (Administrator: 1746 to 1749)
Yosyf Ivan Szumlański (Shumlyanskyi) †
Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.Ss.R. † (Deacon: 1923 to 29 Aug 1925; Auxiliary Bishop: 1959 to 30 Jun 1973)
Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jan 1991 to 20 Apr 1993)
Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (Administrator: 28 Aug 1708 to 1710)
Dmytro Yaremko † (Priest: 21 Aug 1904)

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- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 363

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