Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warszawa
Premislien(sis)-Varsavien(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini
Eastern metropolitan see · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Przemyśl, Poland
Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite) metropolitan archeparchy for Ukrainian Catholics in Poland, with roots in the Eparchy of Przemyśl founded in 1087 and raised to an archeparchy in 1996. Its suffragan eparchies are Olsztyn-Gdańsk and Wrocław-Koszalin.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1087
- Latin
- Premislien(sis)-Varsavien(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002673
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,935
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 332
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
- Archbishop
- Eugeniusz Popowicz
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
Archcathedral of St. John the Baptist, Przemyśl stands in Przemyśl, 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.
The province of Przemyśl-Warsaw (Ukrainian Greek Catholic)
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1996, the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warsaw (Latin: Archidioecesis Premisliensis-Varsaviensis ritus byzantini ucraini, Ukrainian: Перемишльсько-Варшавська архієпархія) is an ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a particular Eastern Catholic Church, situated in the south-eastern part of Poland. Its services follow the Byzantine Rite and are conducted in the Ukrainian language.
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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.