Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires

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Ecclesiastical province Buenos Aires Rite Byzantine Rite Major archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk		Population - Catholics 160,000 Established April 24, 1978 Territory Argentina
Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina Sui iuris church Ukrainian Greek Catholic

The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Latin: Eparchia Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaënsis) is an eparchy (diocese, bishopric) of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, which uses the Byzantine Rite in the Ukrainian language, for its faithful in major immigration country Argentina.

Its cathedral see is located in the capital city of Buenos Aires, but must not be confused with the Roman Catholic (Latin rite) Metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

History

February 9, 1968: Established as the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina

April 24, 1978: Promoted as Diocese of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires

Episcopate

Bishops of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian Rite)

Apostolic Exarchs of Argentina (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. (February 9, 1968 – April 24, 1978)

Bishop Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. (April 24, 1978 – December 12, 1997)

Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. (Apostolic Administrator January 21, 1998 – April 24, 1999)

Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. (April 24, 1999 – April 10, 2010)

Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian Rite)

Sviatoslav Shevchuk, (April 10, 2010 - March 25, 2011)

Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires

Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto (22 June 2011 -

References

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires Wikipedia

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