Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk
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Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk Archieparchia Stanislaopolitanus Архиєпархія з Івано-Франківська |
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Cathedral of the Resurrection
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,700 km2 (2,600 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2009) 792,272 603,918 (76.2%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 26 March 1885 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour in Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Volodymyr Viytyshyn |
| Suffragans | Eparchy of Kolomyia, Eparchy of Chernivtsi |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archeparchy | |
The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is an Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine rite in Ukrainian language) in Ukraine. It depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Its archiepiscopal cathedral see is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Saviour, in Ivano-Frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ), in the province Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, which also has a secularized World Heritage Site: Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, in Rohatyn (Рогатин).
Volodymyr Viytyshyn was confirmed as eparch by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 June, 2005.
The Metropolitan has only two suffragan see :
As per 2014, it pastorally served 591,157 Catholics (75.8% of 780,117 total) on 6,700 km² in 390 parishes and 55 missions with 457 priests (423 diocesan, 34 religious), 173 lay religious (52 brothers, 121 sisters) and 90 seminarians.
In 16 January 1991 the Holy See publicly confirmed all clandestine consecrations
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