page_title: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church / Administration
caption_attribution_description: English: Administrative divisions of the Greek Catholic Church in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772
context_page_description: The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Pope and the worldwide Catholic Church. It is the second-largest particular church in the Catholic Church. It is part of the Major Archiepiscopal Churches of the Catholic Church that are not distinguished with a patriarchal title.
  The church is one of the successor churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great of Kiev, in 988. It appeared in 1596 with the signing of the Union of Brest between the Ruthenian Orthodox Church led by Michael Rohoza and the Holy See. Following the partitions of Poland, in 1808 the eparchies of the original Ruthenian Uniate Church were split three ways between the Austrian Empire, Prussia, and the Russian Empire. Those three eparchies under Austrian jurisdiction were reorganized as the Greek Catholic Church soon after liquidation of all five eparchies that ended up in Russia. Established in 1807 the Greek Catholic Church in Austria became the only survivor of the original Uniate church of the Brest Union.
  In 1963 the church was recognized as Ukrainian through the efforts of Yosyf Slipyi.
caption: Administrative divisions of the Ruthenian Uniate (Greek-Catholic) Church in 1772 (before partition of Poland)
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