Ukrainian Diocese of

Bučač

Ukraine

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bučač / Buchach / Bucacen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ternopil–Zboriv

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kolomyia (↙), Ivano-Frankivsk (←), Ternopil–Zboriv (↑), Kamyanets-Podilskyi (→), Chernivtsi (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

2000.07.21: Established as Diocese of Bučač / Buchach / Bucacen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ternopil)
2004.12.06: Became suffragan of Kyiv
2011.11.21: Became suffragan of Ternopil–Zboriv

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.07.23 – ...):	Bishop Dmytro Hryhorak, O.S.B.M. (70)
Auxiliary Bishop (2026.08.06 – ...):	Bishop Terentiy Tsapchuk, O.S.B.M. (46) Titular Bishop of Horæa

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bučač (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Dmytro Hryhorak, O.S.B.M. (70)
(2011.07.23 – ...)

Bishop of Bučač of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Бог це любов

Born:	1956.01.01 (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1992.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.09.18

Apostolic Administrator of Bučač of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2007.07.28 – 2011.07.23)

Bishop of Bučač of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2011.07.23 – ...)

Fr. Dmytro Hryhorak, O.S.B.M. (70) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.07.28 – 2011.07.23)

Bishop Irynej Bilyk, O.S.B.M. (76)
(2000.07.21 – 2007.07.28)

Bishop emeritus of Bučač of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Born:	1950.01.02 (Kniazhpil, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1978.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.08.15

Titular Bishop of Novæ (1991.01.16 – 2000.07.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) ([1989.08.15] 1991.01.16 – 2000.07.21)

Bishop of Bučač of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2000.07.21 – 2007.07.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Chortkiv (Чортків), Ternopil Oblast
Pro-Cathedral: Pro-Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, Buchach (Бучач), Ternopil Oblast
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Kolomyia (↙), Ivano-Frankivsk (←), Ternopil–Zboriv (↑), Kamyanets-Podilskyi (→), Chernivtsi (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 316 km²

Population: 212,850 Catholics (55.3% of 384,650 total)

Pastoral Centres: 328 parishes, 9 missions

Personnel: 239 priests (227 diocesan, 12 religious), 26 religious (19 brothers, 7 sisters), 48 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.10.03

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