The Eparchy of Saint Volodymyr the Great of Paris (; ) is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a sui iuris Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. Its territory encompasses France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Volodymyr-le-Grand in the episcopal see of Paris.
The former eparch Borys Gudziak was appointed as Archeparch of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 4 February 2019, while Hlib Lonchyna, Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London was appointed as apostolic administrator.
History
The eparchy was erected on 22 July 1960 as apostolic exarchate for the French, Benelux and Swiss faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
On 19 January 2013 the exarchate was elevated in the rank of the eparchy by Pope Benedict XVI. It remains immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč, without belonging to his metropolitan province.
List of former Hierarchs
Apostolic Exarchs for Ukrainians in FranceFromUntilIncumbentNotes 1960 1982 Volodymyr Malanczuk, C.Ss.R.Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria (1960–1990) 1982 2012 Michael Hrynchyshyn, C.Ss.R.Titular Bishop of Zygris (1982–2012) and Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain (1987–1989) 2012 2013 Borys GudziakTitular Bishop of Carcabia (2012–2013). Became the first eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris.
Eparchial bishops of the Eparchy of Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de ParisFromUntilIncumbentNotes 2013 2019 Borys GudziakServed previously as Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in France2025Ihor Rantsya
See also Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London
Sources and external links Official website of the Eparchy GCatholic.org information