Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia

Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians Exarchatus Apostolicus Germaniae et Scandiae
Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God and of St. Andrew the Firstcalled
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Apostolic Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Statistics
Parishes	19
Information
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God and of St. Andrew the Firstcalled
Secular priests	34
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Rt Revd Bohdan Dzyurakh

The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia (German: Apostolisches Exarchat für Deutschland und Skandinavien Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Germaniae et Scandiae) (Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians) is an Apostolic Exarchate (pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that covers the faithful in Germany and the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

It is exempt (i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches), so is not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas, dedicated to the Intercession of the Theotokos (Mary, Mother of God) and to Saint Andrew, in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is headquartered at Schönbergstrasse 9, D-81679 München (Munich), Germany.

The current Apostolic exarch is Bohdan Dzyurakh.

History

It was established on 17 April 1959 as Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia, without a Byzantine rite Catholic precursor.

Episcopal ordinaries

(Byzantine rite, so far missionaries from Eastern Europe)

A building, situated in Munich, belonging to the Apostolic Exarchate

Apostolic Exarchs of Germany and Scandinavia

• Platon Kornyljak (7 July 1959 – 16 December 1996) (born Ukraine), Titular Bishop of Castra Martis (1959.04.17 – 2000.11.01); died 2000
• Apostolic Administrator Michel Hrynchyshyn, (16 December 1996 – 3 February 2001)
• Petro Kryk (born Poland) (3 February 2001 – 18 February 2021), Titular Bishop of Castra Martis (2000.11.20 – 2021, 18.2.).
• Bohdan Dzyurakh (18 February 2021 – ...)

Statistics and extent

As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,700 Ukrainian Catholics in 16 parishes with 24 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon, 8 lay religious (brothers) and 1 seminarian.

Parishes

In many parishes, the Ukrainian Catholics use the local Latin Rite Catholic church as a location for Divine Liturgy.

Denmark

• Sankt Ansgars kirke Cathedral, Copenhagen: 1st Sunday of each month at noon

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
• Catholicism in Germany
• Catholicism in Denmark

References

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org with Google map and - satellite photo
• Apostolische Exarchie für katholische Ukrainer des byzantinischen Ritus in Deutschland und Skandinavie (in German and Ukrainian)

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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Hierarchy including Ecclesiastical circumscriptions

Major archeparchy

• Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Archeparchies

• Kyiv: Sviatoslav Shevchuk
• Lviv: Ihor Vozniak
• Przemyśl–Warsaw: Eugeniusz Popowicz
• Winnipeg: Lawrence Huculak
• Philadelphia: Borys Gudziak
• Ivano-Frankivsk: Volodymyr Viytyshyn
• Ternopil–Zboriv: Vasyl Semeniuk
• São João Batista em Curitiba: Valdomiro Koubetch

Eparchies

Ukraine	Buchach: Dmytro Hryhorak Chernivtsi: Yosafat Moschych Kamyanets–Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz Sokal–Zhovkva: Mykhaylo Koltun Stryi: Taras Senkiv
Poland	Olsztyn–Gdańsk: Arkadiusz Trochanowski Wrocław–Koszalin: Włodzimierz Juszczak
Canada	Edmonton: David Motiuk Saskatoon: Lawrence Huculak (Apostolic Administrator) New Westminster: David Motiuk (Apostolic Administrator) Toronto and Eastern Canada: Bryan Bayda
United States	Saint Nicholas of Chicago: Venedykt Aleksiychuk Saint Josaphat in Parma: Bohdan Danylo Stamford: Paul Chomnycky
Brazil	Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis: Meron Mazur
Argentina	Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
Australia and New Zealand	Saints Peter and Paul of Australia: Mykola Bychok
United Kingdom	Holy Family of London: Kenneth Nowakowski
France, Benelux and Switzerland	Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris: Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic Administrator)

Apostolic exarchates

Germany and Scandinavia:	Bohdan Dzyurakh
Italy:	Dionisio Lachovicz

Archiepiscopal exarchates

• Donetsk: Stepan Meniok
• Kharkiv: Vasyl Tuchapets
• Krym: Mykhaylo Bubniy (Archiepiscopal Administrator)
• Odessa: Mykhaylo Bubniy
• Lutsk: Yosafat Hovera

Apostolic visitors

• Chile: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
• Northern Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
• Paraguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Uruguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Venezuela: Daniel Kozelinski Netto

Curial and
auxiliary bishops

• Volodymyr Hrutsa (Lviv)
• Andriy Khimyak (Kyiv, elected)
• Hryhoriy Komar (Sambir–Drohobych)
• Petro Loza (Sokal–Zhovkva)
• Bohdan Manyshyn (Stryi)
• Teodor Martynyuk (Ternopil–Zboriv)
• Yosyf Milyan (Kyiv)
• Andriy Rabiy (Winnipeg)
• Maksym Ryabukha (Donetsk, elected)
• Mykola Semenyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk, elected)
• Stepan Sus (Curial Bishop)

Bishops
emeritus

• Jan Martyniak (Metropolitan) (Przemyśl – Warsaw)
• Stefan Soroka (Metropolitan) (Philadelphia)
• Iryney Bilyk (Buchach)
• John Bura (Philadelphia)
• Stephen Chmilar (Toronto)
• Petro Kryk (Germany and Scandinavia)
• Basil Losten (Stamford)
• Wasyl Medwit (Donetsk)
• Peter Stasiuk (Saints Peter and Paul of Australia)
• Michael Wiwchar (Saskatoon)

Defunct
circumscriptions

Poland	Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna Eparchy of Kholm and Belz Conversion of Chełm Eparchy
Ukraine	Eparchy of Zboriv

Ruthenian Uniate Church

• Eparchy of Suprasl
• Archeparchy of Polotsk
• Eparchy of Turov and Pinsk
• Eparchy of Volodymyr and Brest
• Eparchy of Lutsk and Ostroh
• Archeparchy of Smolensk

Seminaries

• Kyiv
• Lviv
• Drohobych
• Ivano-Frankivsk
• Ternopil
• Rome
• Stamford
• Washington D.C.
• Edmonton
• Curitiba

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