Ukrainian Diocese of

Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris

France France, Belgium Belgium, Luxembourg Luxembourg, Netherlands Netherlands, Switzerland Switzerland

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris (français) / San Vladimiro il Grande di Parigi (Italiano) / Sancti Vladimiri Magni in urbe Parisiensi pro Ucrainis ritus Byzantini (Latin)

Subject to the Major Archbishop

Neighbouring Dioceses: Holy Family of London (↖), Deutschland und Skandinavien (→), Italy (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.10.01 – ...):Bishop Ihor Rantsya (48)Bishop Ihor Rantsya (48)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Ihor Rantsya (48)Bishop Ihor Rantsya (48)
(2025.10.01 – ...)

Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France)

Під покровом Марії, у світлі Ісуса

Born:1978.03.08 (Opilsko, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:2015.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:2025.12.18

Priest of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2015.03.29 – 2016)

Priest of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France) (2016 – 2025.10.01)

Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France) (2025.10.01 – ...)

Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U. (72)Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U. (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.02.18 – 2025.10.01)

Archbishop Borys Andrij Gudziak (65)Bishop Borys Andrij Gudziak (65) (later Archbishop)
(2013.01.19 – 2019.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

εὐχαριστῶ

Born:1960.11.24 (Syracuse, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:1998.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:2012.08.26

Priest of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1998.11.26 – 2012.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Carcabia (2012.07.21 – 2013.01.19)

Apostolic Exarch of France of the Ukrainians (France) (2012.07.21 – 2013.01.19)

Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France) (2013.01.19 – 2019.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (2019.02.18 – ...)

Apostolic Exarchs of France (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Borys Andrij Gudziak (65)Bishop Borys Andrij Gudziak (65) (later Archbishop)
(2012.07.21 – 2013.01.19)

(see above)

Bishop Michel Hrynchyshyn, C.SS.R.
(1982.11.27 – 2012.07.21)

Born:1929.02.18 (Buchanan, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1952.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1983.01.30
Died:2012.11.12 (Vincennes, France † 83)

Apostolic Exarch of France of the Ukrainians (France) (1982.11.27 – 2012.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Zygris (1982.11.27 – 2012.11.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England) (1987.09.29 – 1989.06.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Germany and Scandinavia of the Ukrainians (Germany) (1996.12.16 – 2000.11.11)

Bishop Vladimiro Malanczuk, C.SS.R.
(1960.07.22 – 1982)

Born:1904.08.20 (Bazar, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1931.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:1961.02.19
Died:1990.09.29 (Saskatoon, SK, Canada † 86)

Apostolic Exarch of France of the Ukrainians (France) (1960.07.22 – 1982)

Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria (1960.07.22 – 1990.09.29)

Special Churches

Holy Family of London (↖), Deutschland und Skandinavien (→), Italy (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 26,130 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 28 missions

Personnel: 29 priests (26 diocesan, 3 religious), 2 deacons, 9 religious (3 brothers, 6 sisters), 6 seminarians

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