Eparchy of Chernivtsi
Chernivcen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy covering all of Chernivtsi Oblast, erected 12 September 2017 from the Eparchy of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi. It belongs to the metropolitan province of Ivano-Frankivsk; the seat is the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Chernivtsi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 12 September 2017
- Latin
- Chernivcen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005072
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 19,500
- Population
- 909,893
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 650
- Extent
- 8,097 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
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
- Yosafat Moshchych
- Born
- 16 September 1976
- Birthplace
- Stariy Rozdil
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 the Dormition of the Mother of God, Chernivtsi stands in Chernivtsi, 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 Ivano-Frankivsk
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk.
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk, StanislavivIvano-Frankivsk, Stanislaviv
- Eparchy of KolomyiaKolomyia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on 12 September 2017, the Eparchy of Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy of the Catholic Church in Ukraine, serving as a suffragan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk.
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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.