Parishes 19 Pope Francis Area 1.574 million km² | Secular priests 34 Bishop Rt Revd Petro Kryk | |
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Ecclesiastical province Apostolic Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Cathedral Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God and of St. Andrew the Firstcalled | ||
The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians (German: Apostolisches Exarchat für Deutschland und Skandinavien Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Germaniae et Scandiae) in an Apostolic Exarchate (pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church covers ist faithful in Germany and the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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It is exempt (i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches), 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 Saint Andrew, in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Its headquerters are Schönbergstrasse 9, D-81679 München (Munich), Germany.
The current Apostolic exarch is Petro Kryk.
History
It was established on 17 April 1959 as Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia, without Byzantine rite Catholic precursor.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(Byzantine rite, so far missionaries from Eastern Europe)
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
Note that in many parishes, the Ukrainian Catholics use the local Latin Rite Catholic church as a location for Divine Liturgy. This list is not complete.