Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kiev

The archeparchy Kiev (Latin: Archieparchia Kioviensis ) is a location in Ukraine archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, based in Kiev.

History

The archeparchy Kiev was established on November 25, 1995 by Pope John Paul II made ​​territorial concessions as Archbishop of Lviv archeparchy Exarchate of Kyiv - Vyshhorod. On 11 January 2002, the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv - Vyshhorod gave parts of his territory to the founding of Archbishop Exarchate of Donetsk -Kharkiv. Another area assignment was on 28 July 2003 establishing the Archbishop Exarchate Odessa - Crimea. The Archbishop Exarchate of Kyiv - Vyshhorod was brought on 6 December 2004 archeparchy and renamed archeparchy Kiev.

The archeparchy Kiev is the Eigeneparchie of the Major Archbishop of Kyiv - Halych.

The archeparchy Kiev includes the oblasts Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Vinnytsia. The area is shown in purple on the map.

Ordinaries

Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv - Vyshhorod

• Ljubomyr Husar MSU, 1995-1996, then Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv
• Mykhailo Koltun CSsR, 1996-1997
• Wassylij Medwit OSBM, 1997-2004, then Curia Bishop in Großerzbistum Kiev - Halych

Archbishops of Kiev

• Ljubomyr Cardinal Husar MSU, 2004-2011
• Sviatoslav Shevchuk, since 2011

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