Rite Byzantine Major archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk | Established May 12, 2014 Territory Brazil | |
Ecclesiastical province Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba Headquarters Prudentópolis, Paraná, Brazil Sui iuris church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral St. Josaphat Cathedral in Prudentópolis | ||
The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (or Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis of the Ukrainians) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite, Ukrainian language) eparchy (diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archeparch of São João Batista em Curitiba, who has no other suffragan, dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Eastern Churches.
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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Ucraniana Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, in Prudentópolis, Paraná, currently held by Eparch (Bishop) Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M..
It comprises twelve churches, constituting Ukrainian Catholic parishes in the Southern part of Brazil, concurrently with various Latin provinces.
History
Established on 2014.05.12, as Eparchy (Eastern Catholic Diocese) of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (without pre-diocesan stage), on Brazilian territory split off from the then Diocese of São João Batista em Curitiba, which was simultaneously promoted Archeparchy and remains its Metropolitan Archdiocese.