Archeparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv
Ternopolien(sis)-Zboroven(sis)
Eastern metropolitan see · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Ternopil-Zboriv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic metropolitan archeparchy in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, erected 20 April 1993 as the Eparchy of Ternopil from the Archeparchy of Lviv and elevated to metropolitan archeparchy in 2011, with the eparchies of Buchach and Kamyanets-Podilskyi as suffragans. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God in Ternopil.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1993
- Latin
- Ternopolien(sis)-Zboroven(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003206
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 385,000
- Population
- 636,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 60.5%
- Priests
- 334
- Catholics per priest
- 1,153
- Extent
- 8,346 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 46
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
- Teodor Martynyuk
- Born
- 1 February 1974
- Birthplace
- Yaremche
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 Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God stands in Ternopil-Zboriv, 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 Ternopil-Zboriv (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 1993, the Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv is an ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic particular Church, situated in Ukraine. As a metropolitan see it counts two suffragans, Buchach and Kamyanets-Podilskyi. Vasyl Semeniuk serves as the incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop, and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God in the city of Ternopil is its cathedral church.
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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.