Archbishopric of Leopolis in Regio Haliciensis of the Catholic Church (Constantinopolitan Rite)

## General Information

* Continent: Europe
* Country: Ukraine
* Denomination: Catholic Church (Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church, ~~Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church~~)
* Type: Eparchial Archbishopric

## Ecclesiastical Structure

* Supreme Pontificate of Roma
	+ Episcopal Synod of Kiovia
		- Permanent Synod of Kiovia
			* Provincial Metropolitanate of Leopolis
				+ Eparchial Archbishopric of Leopolis

## History

* 1807.02.22: Established as the Eparchial Archbishopric of Leopolis–Halicia–Camenecum; Gained territory of the Eparchial Bishopric of Leopolis–Camenecum; Gained partial title of the Eparchial Archbishopric of Kiovia–Halicia—Vilna.
* 1885.03.26: Transferred partial territory to the newly established Eparchial Bishopric of Stanislaopolis.
* 1946.03.08: Lost territories to the Eparchial Bishopric of L'vov–Ternopol' of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Eparchial Bishopric of Drogobych–Sambor of the Russian Orthodox Church.
* 1973.06.30: Gained territories of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kiovia, the Apostolic Exarchate of Kovelia, and the Apostolic Exarchate of Minscum.
* 1993.04.20: Transferred partial territory to the newly established Eparchial Bishopric of Samboria–Drohobych.
* 2000.07.21: Transferred partial territories to the newly established Eparchial Bishopric of Socalia and the newly established Eparchial Bishopric of Strya.

## Heads

* Vasyl Velychkovsky
	+ *Bishop of Luceoria of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1963.02.04 – 1973.06.30)
		- *Bishop-elect of Luceoria of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1963.02.04)
	+ Auxiliary Bishop of Leopolis of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful (1963.02.04 – 1973.06.30)
	+ *Administrator of Belarus of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1973.06.30)
		- *Administrator of Greater Ukraine of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1973.06.30)
		- *Administrator of Volhynia, Polesia, and Podlachia of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1973.06.30)
		- *Administrator of Leopolis of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1973.06.30)

## Assistants

* Vasyl Velychkovsky
	+ *Bishop of Luceoria of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1963.02.04 – 1973.06.30)
		- *Bishop-elect of Luceoria of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1963.02.04)
	+ Auxiliary Bishop of Leopolis of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful (1963.02.04 – 1973.06.30)
	+ *Administrator of Belarus of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1973.06.30)
		- *Administrator of Greater Ukraine of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1973.06.30)
		- *Administrator of Volhynia, Polesia, and Podlachia of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1973.06.30)
		- *Administrator of Leopolis of the Byzantine-Rite Faithful* (1959.??.?? – 1973.06.30)
* Dmytro Yaremko
	+ *Bishop of Ostrogia* (1914.09.22 – 1916.10.03)
	+ Auxiliary Bishop of Leopolis of the Byzantine-Rite Ruthenians (1914.09.22 – 1916.10.03)
* Josyf Botsian (Bocian)
	+ *Bishop of Luceoria of the Byzantine-Rite Ruthenians* (1914.09.10 – 1926.11.21)
	+ Auxiliary Bishop of Leopolis of the Byzantine-Rite Ruthenians (1914.09.10 – 1926.11.21)

## Links

* Official Websites:
* Encyclopedic Pages: Wikipedia, GCatholic, Hierarchy of the Catholic Church

### Other References

1. ↑ https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84\_(%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%86%D1%8F%D0%BD)