Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw


The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw is an archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris in Poland, depending on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, in the city of Przemyśl. Although national capital Warsaw was added to its title, there is no co-cathedral.
Both former cathedrals are elsewhere in Podkarpackie Voivodeship:
The Metropolitan has a single Suffragan Diocese :
As per 2014, it pastorally served 30,000 Eastern Catholics in 69 parishes and 2 missions with 44 priests, 4 deacons, 96 lay religious, 7 seminarians.

History

In 1087 the Eparchy of Przemyśl was established in the Principality of Peremyshl as Eastern Orthodox eparchy.
The town initially did not adhere to the Union of Brest thus having for a short period two bishops. In 1679, Innocenty Winnicki became the Orthodox bishop and on 23 June 1691 Innocenty publicly accepted the Union for himself and for his eparchy, and he remained the only bishop of the town after that the Greek Catholic bishop on the same year moved to Chełm. Innokentiy Vynnyckyj was succeeded in 1700 by his brother by Yurij Vynnyckyj who later became Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia.
On 10 February 1934, it lost territory to establish the Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna
In 1946, Bishop Josaphat Kotsylovsky was arrested and extradited to the USSR, where he died in prison. In Poland, where the city of Przemysl and a majority of the eparchy was located, all priests were arrested and given sentences of between four and ten years. One hundred Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests remained in Poland. After their release, they kept a low profile, serving in the Latin rite Church, many as convent chaplains. Sixteen worked giving pastoral care to Ukrainian Catholics at pastoral centres. In 1977, the Roman Catholic Primate of Poland's Vicar-General for Ukrainian Greek Catholics was also named Dean of the Przemysl Eparchy by the Vatican. Cardinal Josyf Slipyj objected to this action as contrary to his prerogatives and appointed the same priest Administrator of the eparchy. In 1981, a second Vicar-General to the Primate was appointed for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Poland outside of the traditional boundaries of the Przemysl Eparchy.
On 16 January 1991, it gained back the territory from the suppressed daughter Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna.
On 24 May 1996, the eparchy was promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa / Przemysl–Warsaw / Przemyśl–Varsavia / Premislien–Varsavien ritus byzantini ucraini.
It enjoyed a Papal visit from the Polish Pope John Paul II in June 1999.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Eparchs of Przemyśl
;Metropolitan Archeparchs of Przemyśl–Warsaw