Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia
apostolic exarchate
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.
On 22 April 2023, according to the decree of Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, decided that from 1 September 2023, the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia will completely switch to the Gregorian calendar, including Easter, unlike the UGCC in Ukraine and Poland.
Episcopal ordinaries
(Byzantine rite, so far missionaries from Eastern Europe)
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.).
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