Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv

The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv (of Lvov) (informally Lviv of the Armenians) is a dormant, non-Metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Armenian Rite in Armenian language), covering Ukraine.

It is immediately dependent on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, not part of his or any ecclesiastical province, and in Rome under the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

Its former Cathedral archiepiscopal see, a Minor World Heritage Site, the Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, in Lviv (Львів), L’vivs’ka Oblast’, has been turned into an Orthodox church.

History

Established in 1630 as Archeparchy (Archdiocese) of Lviv (Curiate Italian Leopoli), on territory previously without Ordinary of the particular church sui iuris.

Vacant since World War II. Therefore its faithful are "also" pastorally served by the Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Armenian Rite)

Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Lviv

• Mikołaj Torosowicz (1630.10.24 – 1681)
• Wartan Hunanian (1681.10.24 – death 1715.06.15), succeeded as former Titular Bishop of Hamatha (1675.01.28 – 1681.10.24) & Coadjutor Archeparch of Lviv of the Armenians (1675.01.28 – 1681.10.24)
  • Coadjutor Archeparch Deodat Bogdan Nersesowicz (1701.07.18 – death 1709), Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis (1701.07.18 – 1709)
• Jan Tobiasz Augustynowicz (1715 – 1751.12.22), succeeded as former Titular Archbishop of Ægeæ (1737.02.11 – death 1751.12.22) & Coadjutor of Lviv of the Armenians (1737.02.11 – 1751.12.22
• Jakub Walerian Tumanowicz (1783.01.11 – death 1798.09.02), succeeded as former Titular Archbishop of Camachus (1771.12.16 – 1783.01.11) & Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv of the Armenians ([1771.06.01] 1771.12.16 – 1783.01.11)
• Jan Jakub Szymonowicz (1800.03.01 – death 1816.10.03)
• Kajetan Augustyn Warteresiewicz (1817.07.27 – death 1831.02.06)
• Samuel Cyryl Stefanowicz (1832.02.24 – death 1858.12.08)
• Gregorio Michele Szymonowicz (1858.12.08 – death 1875.06), succeeded as former Titular Archbishop of Marcopolis (1857.03.19 – 1857.07.05) & Coadjutor of Lviv of the Armenians (1857.03.19 – 1858.12.08)
• Grzegorz Józef Romaszkan (1876.04.03 – death 1881.12.14)
• Isacco Isakowicz (1882.07.03 – death 1901.04.29)
• Giuseppe Teodorowicz (1901.12.16 – death 1938.12.05)
• Apostolic Administrator Father Dionisiy Kaetanowicz (1938 – 1944), no other office

See also

• Catholic Church in Ukraine

References

External links

• GCatholic with incumbent bio links.

Coordinates: 49°50′36″N 24°01′51″E / 49.8433°N 24.0308°E / 49.8433; 24.0308

Armenian Catholic Church hierarchy
Patriarchate	Cilicia (Beirut, Lebanon)
Metropolitan archeparchies (archdioceses)	Beirut (Lebanon, Patriarch's proper)
Non-metropolitan archeparchies (archdioceses)	Aleppo (Syria) Baghdad (Iraq) Constantinople (Istanbul) (Turkey) Lviv (Ukraine)
Eparchies (dioceses)	Al-Qamishli (Syria) Alexandria (Cairo, Egypt) Isfahan (Iran) Kameshli (Syria) Our Lady of Nareg in U.S. Sainte-Croix-de-Paris San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Apostolic exarchates	Latin America and Mexico
Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite	East Europe Greece Romania
Patriarchal exarchates	Damascus (Syria) Jerusalem and Amman (Holy Land, Jordan) Syria
Titular sees	Metropolitan Archeparchies : Achrida (Ohrid), Pessinus, Traianopolis in Rhodope / Non-metropolitan Archeparchies : Chalcedon, Colonia in Armenia, Mardin, Nisibis of the Armenians, Sebaste, Tarsus / Eparchies : Adana, Amida, Anazarbus, Ancyra, Artvin, Cesarea in Cappadocia, Garin, Kharput, Marasc, Melitene, Mush, Prusa, Tokat, Trapezus
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