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Eparchy of Stryj

Strien(sis)

Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy covering five raions of Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine, with its see at Stryi. Erected 21 July 2000 from the Archeparchy of Lviv, of which it remains a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God in Stryi.

The see

Rank
Suffragan eparchy
Tradition
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Erected
21 July 2000
Latin
Strien(sis)
Patron
St. James Apostol
Annuario code
001003117

The see in figures

Catholics
305,041
Population
397,217
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
76.8%
Priests
251
Catholics per priest
1,215
Extent
4,145 km²
Catholics per km²
74

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
Taras Senkiv
Born
3 July 1960
Birthplace
Chortkiv
Institute
MINIMI

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 Holy Dormition of the Mother of God stands in Stryj, 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 Lviv (Ukrainian Greek Catholic)

A suffragan of Lviv.

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A suffragan see of the Archeparchy of Lviv, the Eparchy of Stryi belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II named its first eparch, Bishop Julian Gbur, on 21 July 2000; he died on 24 March 2011. Taras Senkiv now holds the see. The eparchy's cathedral church, the Cathedral of Dormition of the Mother of God, stands in the city of Stryi.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.