Ukrainian Diocese of

Sambir–Drohobych

Ukraine

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Area: 6,900 km²

Population: 358,970 Catholics (62.4% of 574,981 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lviv

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

Depends on: Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Statistics: 227 parishes, 2 missions, 298 priests (287 diocesan, 11 religious), 2 deacons, 40 lay religious (11 brothers, 29 sisters), 119 seminarians (2015)

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History

1993.04.20: Established as Diocese of Sambir–Drohobych / Sambir–Drohobyč / Samborien(sis)–Drohobychien(sis) (Latin) (from Major Archdiocese of Lviv)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Drohobych (Дрогóбич), Lviv Oblast
World Heritage Site: Church of the Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Matkiv (Матків), Lviv Oblast
World Heritage Site (now secular): Church of St. George, Drohobych (Дрогобич), Lviv Oblast

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.09.10 – ...):	Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (55)
Auxiliary Bishop (2014.06.25 – ...):	Bishop Hryhoriy Komar (42) Titular Bishop of Acci

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sambir–Drohobych (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (55)
(2011.09.10 – ...)

Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Любов І Служіння

Born:	1963.03.30 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.13
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 – 1990.08.21)

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 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

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (55) (2010.04.21 – 2011.09.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, C.SS.R. (55) (2006.03.02 – 2010.04.21)

as of 2019.01.17

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