Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris
Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Saint Vladimir, France
The Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris is the Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine rite) jurisdiction for Ukrainian Catholics in France and neighboring countries, erected as an exarchate on 22 July 1960 and elevated to an eparchy on 19 January 2013; it is immediately subject to the Holy See within the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Paris.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1960
- Latin
- Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini
- Patron
- St. Volodymyr the Great
- Annuario code
- 001002841
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 26,130
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 1,045
- Extent
- 791,090 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Ihor Rantsya
- Born
- 8 March 1978
- Birthplace
- Opilsko
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Paris stands in Saint Vladimir, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Five countries, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland, together form the territory of the Eparchy of Saint Volodymyr the Great of Paris (French: Éparchie Saint Volodymyr-le-Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens; Ukrainian: Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі). The jurisdiction belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. From the episcopal see of Paris, the Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand serves as its cathedral.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.