Eparchy of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris Eparchia Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini Diocèse de Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Territory | France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland |
Ecclesiastical province | Not part of any ecclesiastical province |
Metropolitan | Major Archeparch of Kyiv–Galicia |
Statistics | |
Population - Catholics | (as of 2022) 26,000 |
Parishes | 16 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 22 July 1960 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Paris |
Patron saint | Vladimir the Great |
Secular priests | 25 (Diocesan) 2 (Religious Orders) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | sede vacante |
Apostolic Administrator | Hlib Lonchyna |
The Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris (French: Éparchie Saint Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris des Ukrainiens; Ukrainian: Єпархія Святого Володимира Великого у Парижі) is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a sui iuris church of the Roman Catholic Church. Its territory encompasses France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand in the episcopal see of Paris.
The former eparch Borys Gudziak was appointed as Archeparch of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 4 February 2019, while Hlib Lonchyna, Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London was appointed as apostolic administrator.