Eparchy of Beata Maria Vergine Assunta in Strumica-Skopje
Beatae Mariae Virginis in Caelum Assumptae Strumnitzen(sis)-Scopien(sis)
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Byzantine tradition · Strumica, North Macedonia
Byzantine-rite eparchy of the Macedonian Greek Catholic Church, the only eparchy of that church, covering North Macedonia. Established as the Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia on 11 January 2001 and elevated to an eparchy on 31 May 2018, it is immediately subject to the Holy See, with its cathedral, the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Strumica.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Byzantine tradition
- Erected
- 31 May 2018
- Latin
- Beatae Mariae Virginis in Caelum Assumptae Strumnitzen(sis)-Scopien(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000327
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 11,374
- Population
- 2,100,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 711
- Extent
- 25,713 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Eparch
- Kiro Stojanov
- Born
- 9 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Radovo
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
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Strumica stands in Strumica, 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.
History
The Macedonian Greek Catholic Church has a single eparchy: the Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje, situated in North Macedonia and immediately subject to the Holy See.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.