Archeparchy of Kyiv Archieparchia Kioviensis Київська архієпархія | |
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Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Territory | Ukraine |
Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Statistics | |
Area | 178,270 km2 (68,830 sq mi) |
Population - Total | 12,500,000 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Kyiv |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv |
Auxiliary Bishops | Josyf Milyan Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv |
Map | |
Website | |
http://ugcc.kiev.ua/ |
The Archeparchy of Kyiv is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic archeparchy of the Catholic Church, that is located in the central part of Ukraine. The ordinary is the Archeparch of Kyiv who is also the Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Kyiv-Halych and the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The incumbent Archeparch is Sviatoslav Shevchuk.[1] He is assisted by two auxiliary bishops: Bohdan Dzyurakh and Josyf Milyan. The Archeparchy of Kyiv founded the newspaper "Sobor".[2]