Apostolic_Exarchate_in_Germany_and_Scandinavia_for_the_Ukrainians

Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia

Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia

Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction


The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia (German: Apostolisches Exarchat für Deutschland und Skandinavien Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Germaniae et Scandiae) (Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians) is an Apostolic Exarchate (pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that covers the faithful in Germany and the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

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It is exempt (i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches), so is not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas, dedicated to the Intercession of the Theotokos (Mary, Mother of God) and to Saint Andrew, in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is headquartered at Schönbergstrasse 9, D-81679 München (Munich), Germany.

The current Apostolic exarch is Bohdan Dzyurakh.

History

It was established on 17 April 1959 as Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia, without a Byzantine rite Catholic precursor.

On April 22 2023, according to the decree of Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, decided that from September 1, 2023, the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia will completely switch [uk] to the Gregorian calendar, including Easter, unlike the UGCC in Ukraine and Poland.[1]

Episcopal ordinaries

(Byzantine rite, so far missionaries from Eastern Europe)

A building, situated in Munich, belonging to the Apostolic Exarchate
Apostolic Exarchs of Germany and Scandinavia

Statistics and extent

As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,700 Ukrainian Catholics in 16 parishes with 24 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon, 8 lay religious (brothers) and 1 seminarian.

Parishes

In many parishes, the Ukrainian Greek Catholics use the local Latin Catholic church as a location for Divine Liturgy.[citation needed]

Denmark

See also


References

  1. "Апостольський екзархат у Німеччині та Скандинавії переходить на григоріанський календар". Українська Греко-Католицька Церква (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 April 2023.



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