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Encyclopedia > Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
Province Apostolic Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Diocesan bishop Rt Revd Piotr Kryk
Cathedral Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas
Subdivisions
Suffragan bishop(s) unknown
Parishes
Membership

The Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians (German: Apostolisches Exarchat für Deutschland und Skandinavien) covers Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Germany, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It was established on the 17th April, 1959. Its cathedral church is the Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas. The current apostolic exarch is Piotr Kryk. 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. ... A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... 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. ... 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. ...


Previous Apostolic Exarchs

  • Piotr Kryk (3rd February, 2001 - present)
  • Platon Kornyljak (7th July, 1959 - 1st November 2000)

See also

The Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians (Ukrainian:Апостольський екзархат у Великобританії) is an apostolic exarchate for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Great Britain. ... 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. ...

External links

  • Giga-Catholic information


 
 

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