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In the Eastern Catholic Churches, major archbishop (sometimes also styled as major archeparch) is a title for the chief hierarch ("Father and Head") [1] ...
Leaders have held several titles over the centuries. The modern primate of the church holds the position of a major archeparch (also styled as "major archbishop"). Due to historical circumstances (i.e. Russian occupation), the first hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church held titles that did not mention the original metropolitan city ...
The new archdiocese was also turned into the Major Archbishop's see and reinstating the Kyiv see since the 1838 Synod of Polotsk. Lubomyr Husar (21 August 2005–10 February 2011) Sviatoslav Shevchuk (March 2011–incumbent) He was auxiliary bishop of the Major Archeparchy of Lviv during 1996–2000 and was apostolic administrator in 2000 until ...
The new Major Archbishop, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, was elected by the Ukrainian Synod on 23 March and confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI on 25 March 2011. On 26 February 2013, 2 days before the announced resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Huzar turned 80 and lost his right to participate in a conclave.
The Archeparchy of Kyiv became the principal see of the newly created Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych, and thus a primatial see of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. [3] The episcopal seat of the "Metropolis of Galicia" was transferred from St. George's Cathedral in the city of Lviv to the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in the ...
The four major archiepiscopal churches in the Catholic Church are: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) (Byzantine Rite) - Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Many in this Church claim patriarchal dignity for it, but the Holy See recognizes it only as a major archepiscopal Church.) [1]
Alexander (Lovchy), Archbishop of Berlin & Germany (29 August/11 September 1973) Ambrose (Merezhko), ret. Archbishop of Pittsburgh & West Pennsylvania (26 November/9 December 1975) Abercius (Taushev), Archbishop of Syracuse & Trinity (31 March/13 April 1976) Sabbas (Rayevsky), Archbishop of Sydney, Australia & New Zealand (4/17 April 1976)
"Peter (Akerovich)", 1241–1246 (Archbishop of Ruthenia), [2] [12] never confirmed by the Patriarch; Cyril II, 1250–1281 [13] [2] Maximus, 1283–1299 [2] Consecrated as metropolitan in 1283, Maximus moved the episcopal seat to Vladimir in 1299. Peter, 1308–1326 [citation needed] Metropolitan Peter moved the episcopal seat to Moscow in 1325.