Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy in Ukraine
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The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language) in its homeland Ukraine.
Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi Eparchia Camenecensis Ucrainorum Українська Греко-Католицька Кам'янець-Подільська Єпархія | |
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| Location | |
| Territory | Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv |
| Headquarters | Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 20,645 km2 (7,971 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 75 |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | 11 December 2015 |
| Cathedral | Nativity of Mary Cathedral in Khmelnytskyi |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Bishop | Ivan Kulyk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Vasyl Semeniuk Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv |
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The eparchy is suffragan of the Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv.
History
- Established as Eparchy of Kamyanets[citation needed]
- United on 6 December 2004 with its Metropolitan, as title of the Major Archdiocese of Kyiv–Halyč.
- Restored on 11 December 2015 as Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, on territory returned from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, as its suffragan.[1]
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Ukrainian Rite)
- Eparchs (Bishops) of Kamianets (unavailable)
- Eparchial Bishops of Kamianets-Podilskyi
- Archiepiscopal Administrator (11 December 2015 – 10 September 2019) Vasyl Semeniuk Metropolitan of Ternopil – Zboriv
- (since 10 September 2019) Ivan Kulyk