Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv

The Archeparchy of Ternopil - Zboriv is an ecclesiastical territory or ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in Ukraine. It was erected in 1993. As a metropolitan see, it has two suffragan sees — Buchach and Kamyanets-Podilskyi. The incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop is Vasyl Semeniuk. The cathedral church of the archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God in the city of Ternopil.

Archeparchy of Ternopil – Zboriv Archieparchia Ternopoliensis-Zborovensis Тернопільсько-Зборівська Архиєпархія
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Mother of God
Coat of arms
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 Volodymyr Firman
Map
Website
Website of the Archeparchy

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.
• December 11, 2015: Lost territory to restore the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kamyanets-Podilskyi.

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

(since 12 July 2023 – ) Volodymyr Firman, titular bishop of Limisa, auxiliary

Gallery of eparchies

• 
  Ternopil-Zboriv
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  Buchach
• 
  Kamyanets-Podilskyi

External links

• GCatholic.org information on the eparchy
• Profile atCatholic Hierarchy