Apostolic Exarchate of Germania e Scandinavia
Germaniae et Scandiae
Eastern exarchate immediately subject to the Holy See · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Germania e Scandinavia, Germany
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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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.