The Eparchy of Saskatoon (Ukrainian: Саскатунська єпархія Української греко-католицької церкви) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Eparchy of Saskatoon Eparchia Saskatoonensis Ucrainorum Українська Католицька Єпархія Саскатуну | |
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Location | |
Territory | Saskatchewan, Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Winnipeg |
Headquarters | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Population - Catholics | 5,438 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | November 3, 1956 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. George |
Patron saint | St. George |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Lawrence Huculak Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg |
Bishops emeritus | Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. |
Website | |
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon |
The eparchy's cathedral is the Cathedral of St. George in the episcopal see of Saskatoon. The eparchy is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg.[1]
As of 2020[update], the Eparchy contains 67 parishes, 23 active eparchial and religious priests and 5,438 Catholics. It also has 16 women religious, 7 religious priests and 3 permanent deacons.[2]
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