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Eparchy of Kolomyia

Kolomyien(sis)

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:

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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Sources

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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.