Ukrainian Diocese of

Sambir–Drohobych

Ukraine Ukraine

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sambir–Drohobych / Sambir–Drohobyč / Samborien(sis)–Drohobychien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lviv

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.09.10 – ...):Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (61)Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (61)
Auxiliary Bishop (2014.06.25 – ...):Bishop Hryhoriy Komar (48)Bishop Hryhoriy Komar (48)

Titular Bishop of Acci

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sambir–Drohobych (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (61)Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (61)
(2011.09.10 – ...)

Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Любов І Служіння

Born:1963.03.30 (Lastivka, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1988.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:2006.04.29

Titular Bishop of Auzia (2006.03.02 – 2010.04.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2006.03.02 – 2010.04.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2010.04.21 – 2011.09.10)

Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2011.09.10 – ...)

Bishop Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U.
(1994.03.30 – 2011.09.10)

Born:1936.05.05 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1968.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:1986.09.30
Died:2013.02.28 († 76)

Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks (1990.07.29 – 1990.08.09)

Titular Archimandrite of Ukrainian Studite Monks (1990.08.21 – 2013.02.28)

Titular Bishop of Deultum (1991.01.16 – 1994.03.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1991.01.16 – 1994.03.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1993 – 1994.03.30)

Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1994.03.30 – 2011.09.10)

Bishop Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U.
(Apostolic Administrator 1993 – 1994.03.30)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Mukacheve (↙), Przemyśl–Warszawa (←), Lviv (↗), Stryj (→), Ivano-Frankivsk (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,900 km²

Population: 346,242 Catholics (63.3% of 547,353 total)

Pastoral Centres: 237 parishes, 239 missions

Personnel: 330 priests (315 diocesan, 15 religious), 3 deacons, 15 religious (15 brothers), 108 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

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