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Encyclopedia > Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain
Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians
Province Apostolic Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Diocesan bishop vacant
Cathedral Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile
Subdivisions
Suffragan bishop(s) unknown
Parishes 10
Churches 10 
Diocesan website
A Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish church in Wolverhampton, England
A Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish church in Wolverhampton, England

The Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians (Ukrainian: Апостольський екзархат у Великобританії) is an apostolic exarchate for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Great Britain. The apostolic exarchate was erected on 10th June 1957 for the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in England and Wales and was extended to the whole of Great Britain on 12th May 1968. An ecclesiastical province is a unit of religious government existing in certain Christian churches. ... A bishop in charge of a diocese. ... A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ... This Cathedral belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic tradition. ... A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... St. ... Image File history File links Wolverhampton_Ukrainian_Catholic_Church. ... Image File history File links Wolverhampton_Ukrainian_Catholic_Church. ... In the Byzantine Empire, an exarch was an essentially military viceroy who governed a part of the empire at some remove from the central (oriental) authorities, the Emperor and the Patriarch of Constantinople. ...


The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain used to be the Rt Revd Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.. He is a member of the Order of St. Basil the Great. However, since his appointment as Eparch of Stamford, the position Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain has been vacant. The Basilian Fathers, also known as The Congregation of Saint Basil, is an international order of Roman Catholic priests and students studying for the priesthood. ... The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford is a diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church covering parishes in New York State and New England. ...


The Cathedral of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians is the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, which is situated in Mayfair, London. This Cathedral belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic tradition. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


All Catholics, regardless of their Rite, can attend services at any Catholic church of any rite to fulfill their commitment. This means that, for example, Latin-rite Catholics can go to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile to fulfill their commitment of worshipping God on Sundays while Ukrainian Greek Catholics can, in the same way, go to any Latin-rite Catholic church. This Cathedral belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic tradition. ...

Contents

List of former Apostolic Exarchs

  • Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. (2002-2006)
  • Michael Kuchmiak, C.S.S.R. (1988-2002)
  • Augustine Hornyak, O.S.B.M. (1963-1987)

Paul Patrick Chomnycky OSBM was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1954. ...

List of Ukrainian Greek Catholic churches in Great Britain

England and Wales

  • Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, Mayfair, London
  • St Josaphat Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, 52 York Street, Bedford
  • All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Church, All Saints Street, Bolton
  • St Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Dairyhouse Road, Derby
  • Good Shepherd Ukrainian Catholic Church, Derby Road, Gloucester
  • Ascension of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, Leicester
  • SS Peter and Paul and All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Church, Oldham
  • St Olga Ukrainian Catholic Church, New Road, Woodston, Peterborough
  • St Mary and St James Ukrainian Catholic Church, Wardleworth, 328 Yorkshire Street, Rochdale
  • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Parish Church, Carlton Road, Nottingham
  • The Good Sheperd Ukrainian Church, The Presbytery, Derby Road, Gloucester
  • St Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester [1]

This Cathedral belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic tradition. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. ... Statistics Population: 139,403 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD715095 Administration Metropolitan borough: Bolton Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Ambulance: North West Post office and telephone Post... For other uses, see Derby (disambiguation). ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border. ... Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the East Midlands of England. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority in the East of England. ...

Scotland

  • St Andrew's Ukranian Catholic Church, Dalmeny Street, Leith
  • St Andrew's Ukrainian Greek Catholic Parish Church, 6 Mansionhouse Road, Edinburgh [2] [3]

Formerly a municipal burgh,[1] Leith is a town at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is the port of Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ...

See also

Papal Coat-of-Arms Westminster Cathedral The Catholic Church in England and Wales is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ...

External links

  • http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/dioc/ukrainian.htm
  • http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/cn/02/020415-3.htm


 
 

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