Archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian)

Historical Details

• Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian)
  • Latin Name: Premisliensis, Samboriensis, et Sanok Ucrainorum
  • Erected: 1087
  • Metropolitan: Archeparchy of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
  • Country: Poland
  • Description: (Sometimes called Ruthenian)

• Eparchy of Przemyśl (Ukrainian)
  • Latin Name: Premisliensis ritus byzantini ucraini
  • Name Changed: 16 January 1991
  • Metropolitan: Archeparchy of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
  • Country: Poland

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Atanasij Aleksander Krupeckyj † (15 Sep 1609 Appointed - 6 May 1652 Died)
• Prokip Chmielowski (Chmeljovskyj) † (6 May 1652 Succeeded - 22 Feb 1664 Died)
• Antin Terlecki † (22 Feb 1664 Succeeded - 28 Dec 1669 Died)
• Ivan Małachowski † ( 1670 Appointed - 1692 Confirmed, Bishop of Chełm and Bełz (Ukrainian))
• Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (5 Jun 1700 Confirmed - 22 Sep 1713 Died)
• Lev (Luka) Kiszka (Kyška), O.S.B.M. † (24 Oct 1713 Appointed - 17 Dec 1715 Resigned)
• Jeronim Ustryckyj † (10 Dec 1715 Appointed - 1746 Resigned)
• Onufrij Šumljanškyj † ( 1746 Succeeded - 20 Apr 1762 Died)
• Atanazy Andrzej Szeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † (8 May 1762 Confirmed - 9 Jun 1779 Died)
• Maksymilian Ryłło, O.S.B.M. † (24 Mar 1780 Appointed - 22 Nov 1793 Died)
• Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) † ( 1793 Appointed - 1796 Resigned)
• Anton Anhelovych (Angellowicz) † (6 Jul 1795 Appointed - 16 Mar 1808 Appointed, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian))
• Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (20 Sep 1813 Appointed - 8 Mar 1816 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian))
• Ivan (Jan) Snihurskyi † (30 Mar 1818 Appointed - 24 Aug 1847 Died)
• Hryhorij Jachimowicz † (5 Sep 1848 Appointed - 23 Mar 1860 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian))
• Tomasz Syrus (Toma) Polyanskyi (Polanski) † (23 Mar 1860 Confirmed - 1 Oct 1867 Resigned)
• Ivan (Jan Saturnin) Stupnyckyj (Stupnicki) † (8 Sep 1872 Confirmed - 22 Dec 1890 Died)
• Julian Pełesz † (22 Sep 1891 Appointed - 22 Apr 1896 Died)
• Konstantyn Chekhovych (Czechowicz) † (17 Nov 1896 Appointed - 28 Apr 1915 Died)
• Bl. Josaphat Joseph Kocylovskyj (Kotsylovsky), O.S.B.M. † (29 Jan 1917 Appointed - 17 Nov 1947 Died)
• Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.Ss.R. † (19 Jul 1964 Ordained Bishop - 1977 Resigned)
• Ivan Choma † (2 Apr 1977 Ordained Bishop - 16 Jun 1991 Resigned)
• Jan Martyniak (16 Jan 1991 Appointed - 7 Nov 2015 Retired)
• Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz (7 Nov 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Eparchy of Przemyśl (Ukrainian)
1943	1,159,380			657		657	1,764				640	ap1991
Archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa {-Warsaw} (Ukrainian)
1999	32,000			28	16	44	727	1	85	87	49	ap2000
2000	32,000			28	16	44	727	1	85	87	49	ap2001
2001	32,000			29	16	45	711		76	87	81	ap2002
2002	32,000			26	16	42	761		76	87	81	ap2003
2003	32,000			30	16	46	695	2	74	96	82	ap2004
2004	32,000			30	17	47	680	3	62	87	84	ap2005
2009	30,000			38	13	51	588	3	17	76	85	ap2010
2013	30,000			36	11	47	638	4	13	84	69	ap2014
2016	30,000			36	11	47	638	4	14	77	72	ap2017
2019	30,000			41	14	55	545	4	16	70	68	ap2020
2021	15,000			29	10	39	384	4	13	36	44	ap2022
2023	14,935			34	11	45	331	4	14	36	44	ap2024

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

Affiliated People, Living

• Iryney Ihor Bilyk, O.S.B.M.
• Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R.
• Piotr Kryk (Priest: 16 Jan 1991 to 24 May 1996)
• Jan Martyniak (Bishop: 16 Jan 1991; Archbishop: 24 May 1996 to 7 Nov 2015)
• Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz (Deacon: 14 Oct 1986; Priest: 17 Oct 1986; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Nov 2013; Archbishop: 7 Nov 2015 - )
• Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R.

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Affiliated People, Deceased

• Anton Anhelovych (Angellowicz) † (Bishop: 6 Jul 1795 to 16 Mar 1808; Apostolic Administrator: 1808 to 20 Sep 1813)
• Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) † (Administrator: 1793 to 1796)
• Konstantyn Chekhovych (Czechowicz) † (Priest: 5 Jan 1873; Bishop: 17 Nov 1896 to 28 Apr 1915)
• Prokip Chmielowski (Chmeljovskyj) † (Coadjutor Bishop: 1651; Bishop: 6 May 1652 to 22 Feb 1664)
• Ivan Choma † (Priest: 29 Jun 1949; Bishop: 2 Apr 1977 to 16 Jun 1991)
• Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. †
• Maxim (Maksym) Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. †
• Hryhorij Jachimowicz † (Bishop: 5 Sep 1848 to 23 Mar 1860)
• Lev (Luka) Kiszka (Kyška), O.S.B.M. † (Administrator: 24 Oct 1713 to 17 Dec 1715)
• Bl. Josaphat Joseph Kocylovskyj (Kotsylovsky), O.S.B.M. † (Bishop: 29 Jan 1917 to 17 Nov 1947)
• Edward Komar †
• Atanasij Aleksander Krupeckyj † (Bishop: 15 Sep 1609 to 6 May 1652)
• Julian Kuiłovskyi † (Priest: 1 Apr 1854; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Jun 1890 to 22 Sep 1891)
• Basil Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M. †
• Bl. Hryhory Lakota † (Deacon: 23 Aug 1908; Priest: 30 Aug 1908; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Feb 1926 to 12 Nov 1950)
• Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1813 to 8 Mar 1816)
• Teodor Majkowicz † (Priest: 16 Jan 1991 to 24 May 1996)
• Ivan Małachowski † (Bishop: 1670 to 1692)
• Vasyl Mastiukh (Maścjuch) † (Deacon: 5 Nov 1899; Priest: 12 Nov 1899 to 17 Nov 1934)
• Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. †
• Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †
• Pavlo Ovlučynškyj † (Coadjutor Bishop: 1637 to 11 Jan 1649)
• Julian Pełesz † (Priest: 20 Oct 1867 to 27 Mar 1885; Bishop: 22 Sep 1891 to 22 Apr 1896)
• Tomasz Syrus (Toma) Polyanskyi (Polanski) † (Priest: 1819; Bishop: 23 Mar 1860 to 1 Oct 1867)
• Andrew J. Roborecki †
• Maksymilian Ryłło, O.S.B.M. † (Administrator: 24 Mar 1780; Bishop: 2 Sep 1785 to 22 Nov 1793)
• Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. †
• Nilus Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. †
• Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (Priest: 7 Oct 1845 to 24 Mar 1865; Apostolic Administrator: 1 Oct 1867 to 27 Jun 1870)
• Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †
• Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †
• Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. †
• Ivan (Jan) Snihurskyi † (Priest: 15 Mar 1807; Bishop: 30 Mar 1818 to 24 Aug 1847)
• Cezarij (Cezary) Stebnovskyj (Stebnowski), O.S.B.M. †
• Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.Ss.R. † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1964 to 1977)
• Ivan (Jan Saturnin) Stupnyckyj (Stupnicki) † (Bishop: 8 Sep 1872 to 22 Dec 1890)
• Stephen Sulyk †
• Onufrij Šumljanškyj † (Coadjutor Bishop: 1744; Bishop: 1746 to 20 Apr 1762)
• Atanazy Andrzej Szeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † (Bishop: 8 May 1762 to 9 Jun 1779)
• Antin Terlecki † (Bishop: 22 Feb 1664 to 28 Dec 1669)
• Jeronim Ustryckyj † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1715 to 1746)
• Pavlo Vasylyk †
• Innokentiy Ivan Vynnytskyi (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. †
• Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (Bishop: 5 Jun 1700 to 22 Sep 1713)

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