Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv

Archeparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv Archieparchia Ternopoliensis-Zborovensis Тернопільсько-Зборівська Архиєпархія
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God
Location
Country	Ukraine
Statistics
Area	8,346 km² (3,222 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 636,000 385,000 (60.53%)
Information
Denomination	Ukrainian Catholic
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	20 April 1993
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God in Ternopil
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Metropolitan Archbishop	Vasyl Semeniuk
Suffragans	Eparchy of Buchach
Auxiliary Bishops	Teodor Martynyuk (Auxiliary Bishop)
Website
Website of the Archeparchy

The Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv is an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and centre of the ecclesiastical province.

The current eparch is Vasyl Semeniuk, who was appointed to this position on 19 October 2006, having previously been Auxiliary Bishop of the eparchy from 2004.

History

April 20, 1993: Established as Eparchy of Ternopil from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv.
July 21, 2000: Lost territory to establish the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach.
July 21, 2000: Gained territory from the suppressed Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Zboriv and renamed as Eparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv.
November 21, 2011: Elevated as Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv.

Eparchial and auxiliary bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Ternopil - Zboriv and their terms of service:

Eparchy of Ternopil

(20 Apr 1993 – 29 Jun 2006) Mykhaylo Sabryha, C.S.S.R.

(10 Feb 2004 – 19 Oct 2006) Vasyl Semeniuk, titular bishop of Castra Severiana, auxiliary

(19 Oct 2006 – 22 Dec 2011) Vasyl Semeniuk ( see below)

Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv

(since 22 Dec 2011 – ) Vasyl Semeniuk (see above)

(since 12 Mar 2015 – ) Teodor Martynyuk, M.S.U., titular bishop of Mopta, auxiliary

External links

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church circumscriptions

Major Archeparchy	Kiev–Galicia

Metropolitan Archeparchy	Kyiv Lviv Przemyśl – Warsaw Winnipeg Philadelphia Ivano-Frankivsk Ternopil–Zboriv São João Batista em Curitiba

Eparchy	Ukraine Buchach Kamyanets-Podilskyi Kolomyia – Chernivtsi Sambir – Drohobych Sokal – Zhovkva Stryi Poland Wrocław - Gdańsk Canada Edmonton Saskatoon New Westminster Toronto United States Saint Nicholas of Chicago Saint Josaphat in Parma Stamford Brazil Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis Argentina Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires Australia Saints Peter and Paul of Australia Great Britain Holy Family of London France, Benelux and Switzerland Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris

Apostolic Exarchate	Germany and Scandinavia

Archiepiscopal Exarchate	Donetsk Kharkiv Krym Odessa Lutsk

Defunct circumscriptions	Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna (Poland) Kholm Eparchy (Poland) Eparchy of Zboriv (Ukraine)

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Coordinates: 49°34′00″N 25°36′00″E / 49.5667°N 25.6000°E / 49.5667; 25.6000

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