Eparchies of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
As of 2022[update], the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is subdivided into forty-five eparchies:[1]
Existing eparchies[edit]
| # | Eparchy | Previous jurisdiction |
Established | Bishop | Cathedral/Center |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eparchy of Bila Tserkva | Split from Eparchy of Kyiv[2] | 2023[2] | Archbishop Yevstratiy (Zoria) | Transfiguration Cathedral, Bila Tserkva |
| 2 | Eparchy of Cherkasy | UOC-KP | Metropolitan Ioan (Yaremenko) | Holy Trinity Cathedral, Cherkasy | |
| 3 | Eparchy of Chernihiv | UOC-KP | Archbishop Antoniy (Filrey) | Catherine's Church, Chernihiv | |
| 4 | Eparchy of Chernivtsi | UOC-KP | Metropolitan Ioasaf (Vasylykiv) | Cathedral of Saint Paraskeva of Serbia, Chernivtsi | |
| 5 | Eparchy of Chernivtsi and Khotyn | UAOC | Archbishop Herman (Semanchuk) | Cathedral of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, Chernivtsi | |
| 6 | Eparchy of Chernivtsi and Kitsman | UOC-KP | Archbishop Onufriy (Khavruk) | Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Chernivtsi | |
| 7 | Eparchy of Crimea | UOC-KP | 1996 | Metropolitan Klyment (Kushch) | Simferopol |
| 8 | Eparchy of Dnipropetrovsk | UAOC→UOC-KP | 1991 | Archbishop Symeon (Zinkevych) | Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God, Dnipro |
| 9 | Eparchy of Donetsk | UOC-KP | 1992 | Metropolitan Serhiy (Horobtsov) | Mariupol |
| 10 | Eparchy of Donetsk and Sloviansk | UAOC | 2017 | Bishop Sava (Fryziuk) | St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sloviansk |
| 11 | Eparchy of Drohobych and Sambir | UOC-KP | 1993 | Archbishop Yakiv (Makarchuk) | Streetensky Cathedral, Drohobych |
| 12 | Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk | UAOC | 1990 | Metropolitan Andriy (Abramchuk) | Holy Intercession Cathedral, Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 13 | Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk and Halych | UOC-KP | 1997 | Metropolitan Ioasaf (Vasylykiv) | Holy Trinity Cathedral, Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 14 | Eparchy of Kharkiv | UOC-KP | Bishop Mytrofan (Butynskyi) | Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Kharkiv | |
| 15 | Eparchy of Kharkiv and Poltava | UAOC | Archbishop Afanasiy (Shkurupiy) | Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, Poltava | |
| 16 | Eparchy of Kherson | UOC-KP | Bishop Nykodym (Kulyhin) | Cathedral of the Ascension of the Lord, Kherson | |
| 17 | Eparchy of Khmelnytskyi | UOC-KP | Bishop Pavlo (Yurystyi) | St. Andrew's Cathedral, Khmelnytskyi | |
| 18 | Eparchy of Kolomyia | UOC-KP | 1997 | Bishop Yulian (Hatala) | Transfiguration Cathedral, Kolomyia |
| 19 | Eparchy of Kyiv | UAOC→UOC-KP | 1620 (988–1596) |
Metropolitan Epiphanius I of Ukraine | St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kyiv |
| 20 | Eparchy of Kropyvnytskyi | UOC-KP | 2002 (1992?) |
Bishop Mark (Levkiv) | Kropyvnytskyi |
| 21 | Eparchy of Luhansk | UOC-KP | 2003 | Bishop Lavrentiy (Myhovych) | Holy Trinity Cathedral, Luhansk |
| 22 | Eparchy of Lviv | UAOC | 1989 (1026–1700) |
Metropolitan Makariy (Maletych) | Dormition Church, Lviv |
| 23 | Eparchy of Lviv and Sokal | UOC-MP→UOC-KP | 1941 | Metropolitan Dymytri (Rudiuk) | Cathedral of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God, Lviv |
| 24 | Eparchy of Mykolaiv | UOC-KP | 1992 | Metropolitan Volodymyr (Ladyka) | Cathedral of the Kasperovo Icon of the Mother of God, Mykolaiv |
| 25 | Eparchy of Mukachevo and Carpathians | UAOC | 2015 | Bishop Viktor (Begy) | Cathedral of the Ukrainian Apostle Andrew the First-Called, Uzhhorod |
| 26 | Eparchy of Odesa | UOC-KP | 1993 | Bishop Afanasiy (Yavorskyi) | Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Odesa |
| 27 | Eparchy of Pereiaslav and Vyshneve | UOC-KP | 2009 (1036–1261) |
Metropolitan Oleksandr (Drabynko) | Savior and Transfiguration Cathedral, Kyiv |
| 28 | Eparchy of Poltava | UOC-KP | 1993 | Archbishop Fedir (Bubniuk) | Cathedral of the Assumption of the Mother of God, Poltava |
| 29 | Eparchy of Rivne | UAOC→UOC-KP | 1990 | Archbishop Ilarion (Protsyk) | Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Rivne |
| 30 | Eparchy of Rivne and Vollhynia | UAOC | 1996 2018 |
Bishop Havryil (Kryzyna) | Cathedral of the Ascension of Christ, Rivne |
| 31 | Eparchy of Sumy | UOC-KP | 1996 | Archbishop Mefodiy (Sribnyak) | Holy Resurrection Cathedral, Sumy |
| 32 | Eparchy of Taurida | UAOC | Bishop Borys (Kharko) | Saint Michael's Church, Lazurne | |
| 33 | Eparchy of Ternopil | UOC-KP | Archbishop Nestor (Pysyk) | Cathedral of Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Constantine and Elena, Ternopil | |
| 34 | Eparchy of Ternopil and Buchach | UAOC | Archbishop Tykhon (Petraniuk) | Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Ternopil | |
| 35 | Eparchy of Ternopil and Terebovlia | UOC-KP | Bishop Pavlo (Kravchuk) | Kobylovoloky | |
| 36 | Eparchy of Uzhhorod and Khust | UAOC | Bishop Kyrylo (Mykhailiuk) | Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles, Uzhhorod | |
| 37 | Eparchy of Vinnytsia and Bar | UOC-MP | 1933 | Metropolitan Symeon (Shostatsky) | Transfiguration Cathedral, Vinnytsia |
| 38 | Eparchy of Vinnytsia and Tulchyn | UAOC→UOC-KP | 1991 | Archbishop Mykhail (Bondarchuk) | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Vinnytsia |
| 39 | Eparchy of Vinnytsia and Bratslav | UAOC | 1995 | Metropolitan Roman (Balashchuk) | Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God, Vinnytsia |
| 40 | Eparchy of Volhynia | UAOC→UOC-KP | 1990 (1288–1712) |
Metropolitan Mykhail (Zinkevych) | Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Lutsk |
| 41 | Eparchy of Volodymyr-Volynskyi | UOC-KP | 2017 (992–1596) |
Bishop Matfei (Shevchuk) | Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Volodymyr |
| 42 | Eparchy of Vyshhorod | from vicariate of Eparchy of Kyiv | 2024[3] | Bishop Agapitus (Humenyuk) | |
| 43 | Eparchy of Zakarpattia | UOC-KP | 2015 | Bishop Varsonofiy (Rudnik) | Cathedral of Venerable Amfilochius of Pochaiv, Uzhhorod |
| 44 | Eparchy of Zhytomyr and Ovruch | UAOC→UOC-KP | 1992 | Bishop Paisiy (Kukharchuk) | St. Michael's Cathedral, Zhytomyr |
| 45 | Eparchy of Zhytomyr and Polissia | UAOC | 1996–1997 2009 |
Archbishop Volodymyr (Shlapak) | Cathedral of St. Equal-to-the-Apostle Mary Magdalene, Zhytomyr |
| 46 | Eparchy of Zaporizhzhia | UOC-KP | 1996 | Bishop Fotiy (Davydenko) | Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Zaporizhzhia |
Liquidated or not registered[edit]
- Eparchy of Bogorodsk (UOC-KP) - abandoned
- Eparchy of Belgorod (UOC-KP) - abandoned
- Eparchy of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia (UAOC) - not registered
- Eparchy of Khmelnytskyi (UAOC) - not registered
- Eparchy of Cherkasy and Kirovohrad (UAOC) - not registered
- Eparchy of Kyiv (UAOC) - not registered
- Eparchy of Lviv and Sambir (UAOC) - not registered
- Eparchy of Odesa and Black Sea (UAOC) - unofficial
- East Moldovan Eparchy (UOC-KP) - turned to Romanian Orthodox Church
- Eparchy of Bilhorod - abandoned (princely times)
Eparchies of Ukrainian Synod-ruled Church[edit]
- Eparchy of Balta
- Eparchy of Bila Tserkva
- Eparchy of Vinnytsia
- Eparchy of Dnipropetrovsk (Katerynoslav)
- Eparchy of Kyiv
- Eparchy of Mohyliv-Podilskyi
- Eparchy of Odesa
- Eparchy of Kharkiv
- Eparchy of Chernihiv
- Eparchy of Podillia
- Eparchy of Poltava
- Eparchy of Pavlohrad
See also[edit]
- List of bishops of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
- Eparchies and Metropolitanates of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Eparchies of the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
References[edit]
- ^ Доповідь Предстоятеля на розширеному засіданні Архієрейського Собору 24 травня 2022 р. (Primate report at the expanded session of the Holy Hierarchal Assembly on 24 May 2022). www.pomisna.info
- ^ a b "Створено Білоцерківську єпархію ПЦУ". BC News.
- ^ "Holy Synod session documents of 2 February 2024". www.pomisna.info/. Orthodox Church of Ukraine. 2024-02-05. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.