Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy in Western Europe
The Eparchy 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 an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , a sui iuris church of the Roman Catholic Church . Its territory encompasses France , Belgium , Luxemburg , the Netherlands and Switzerland .
Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand in the episcopal see of Paris .
The former eparch Borys Gudziak was appointed as Archeparch of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 4 February 2019, while Hlib Lonchyna , Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London was appointed as apostolic administrator.
History
The eparchy was erected on 22 July 1960 as apostolic 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 the eparchy by Pope Benedict XVI . It remains immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč, without belonging to his metropolitan province.
Eparchial bishops of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris
From
Until
Incumbent
Notes
2013
18 February 2019
Borys Gudziak
Served previously as Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in France
See also
Sources and external links
Province of Besançon Province of Bordeaux Province of Clermont Province of Dijon Province of Lille Province of Lyon Province of Marseille Province of Montpellier Province of Paris Province of Poitiers Province of Reims Province of Rennes Province of Rouen Province of Toulouse Province of Tours Province of Martinique Province of Papeete Province of Noumea Directly under Holy See Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics See also
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