Eparchy of Kolomyia
Kolomyien(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Kolomyia, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, erected 20 April 1993 as the Eparchy of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi and renamed in 2017 when Chernivtsi became a separate eparchy. It belongs to the metropolitan province of Ivano-Frankivsk; the seat is the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Kolomyia.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1993
- Latin
- Kolomyien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001884
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 238,400
- Population
- 1,238,400
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 19.3%
- Priests
- 254
- Catholics per priest
- 939
- Extent
- 14,095 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Vasyl Ivasyuk
- Born
- 21 January 1960
- Birthplace
- Yaremtche
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
Holy Transfiguration Cathedral, Kolomyia stands in Kolomyia, 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 ChernivtsiChernivtsi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on 20 April 1993, the Eparchy of Kolomyia is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy of the Catholic Church in Ukraine and a suffragan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- vul. Ivan Franko 29, 78203 Kolomyia, Ukraina
- Telephone
- 950.329.795
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.