Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
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Archeparchy of Lviv Archieparchia Leopolitana Ucrainorum |
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| Location | |
| Headquarters | Lviv, Ukraine |
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| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Cathedral | St. George's Cathedral, Lviv |
| Patron saint | Saint George |
| Language | Church Slavonic, Ukrainian |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Ihor Vozniak, C.Ss.R. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.Ss.R. |
The Archeparchy of Lviv is a metropolitan archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
The eparchy was established as Eparchy of Halych suffragan to Metropolitan of Kiev at some time during the mid 12th century, with its see originally located in Halych. In 1303 it was elevated to metropolitan status and held such status during several periods of the 14th century, until after 1401 the title of the vacated province was moved to the Metropolitan of Kyiv.
In the mid 1539 the eparchy was re-established with its see moved to Lviv. The eparchy at first did not recognize the Union of Brest of 1596, which restored full communion with the Holy See, and joined it only in 1700.
Following the Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of 18th century when most of the Ukrainian lands fell under Russian rule, the Metropolia of Halych was re-established in 1807, covering the Austrian ruled region of Halychyna and Lviv was elevated to the rank of archeparchy.
After the Second World War, in 1946 the Archeparchy, together with the entire Ukrainian Church was forcefully subjected under the Russian Orthodox Church, but it secretly continued to function in its canonical territory, and in 1959, was elevated by Pope John XXIII to the rank of Major Archeparchy.
After the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Church could begin restoring canonical regularity. On 19 August 1990 Archbishop Volodymyr (Sternyuk) served the first Hierarchical Divine Liturgy in the returned to the church St. George's Cathedral, Lviv. On 30 March 1991 there took place returning of Major Archbishop of Lviv, Cardinal Myroslav Lyubachivskyi, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from Rome to his major archiepiscopal see in Lviv.
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