Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna

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Population - Catholics 127,580 (in 1943) Patron saint Mary		Rite Byzantine

Territory Southern-Eastern part of Poland Ecclesiastical province Immediately subject to the Holy See Headquarters Rymanów-Zdrój (until April 30, 1938) since – Sanok Sui iuris church Ukrainian Greek Catholic

The Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna (Polish: Egzarchat Apostolski Łemkowszczyzny; Ukrainian: Апостольський Екзархат Лемківщини) was a short-lived missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction (exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language), which was created as the Apostolic Administration of Lemkowszczyzna and then promoted as an Apostolic Exarchate.

History

February 10, 1934: Established as the Apostolic Administration of Lemkowszczyzna on territory of the 9 western deaneries, that split off from the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok.

February 1941: Promoted as the Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna.

Factically ceased to exist after the expulsion of Ukrainians from Poland to the Soviet Union in 1944–1945 and Operation Vistula in July 1947.

January 16, 1991: Officially suppressed and its territory merged into the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl.

Apostolic Administrators and Apostolic Exarches

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Apostolic Administrators of Lemkowszczyzna

Fr. Vasyl Mastsyukh (November 17, 1934 – death March 12, 1936)

Fr. Yakiv Medvetskyi (July 3, 1936 – death January 27, 1941)

Msgr. Oleksandr Malynovskyi (February 5, 1941 – February 1941 see below)

Apostolic Exarch of Lemkowszczyzna

Msgr. Oleksandr Malynovskyi (see above February 1941 – September 1945) (later Vicar general for the Ukrainians in Great Britain)

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