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Apostolic Exarchate of Germania e Scandinavia

Germaniae et Scandiae

Apostolic exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church covering Ukrainian Catholics in Germany and the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden). Established on 17 April 1959. Its cathedral is the Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas in Munich.

The see

Rank
Eastern exarchate immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Erected
17 April 1959
Latin
Germaniae et Scandiae
Annuario code
001000321

The see in figures

Catholics
150,000
Priests
34
Catholics per priest
4,412
Extent
1,574,123 km²
Catholics per km²
0.1

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.
Born
25 April 1945
Birthplace
Kobylnica Wołoska

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas, Munich stands in Germania e Scandinavia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Ukrainian Greek Catholic faithful in Germany and the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are served by the Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia (German: Apostolisches Exarchat für Deutschland und Skandinavien; Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Germaniae et Scandiae), a pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The exarchate is exempt.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.