The Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk (Lutsk of the Ukrainians) is an
Archiepiscopal Exarchate (rare
Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction, comparable to a
Patriarchal exarchate
An exarch (;
from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.
In the late Roman Empire and ea ...
,
Apostolic exarchate or Latin
Apostolic vicariate; both other cases are also Ukrainian Catholic) in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople.
Th ...
in
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian ( uk, украї́нська мо́ва, translit=ukrainska mova, label=native name, ) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family. It is the native language of about 40 million people and the official state langu ...
).
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, in
Lutsk (Луцьк),
Volyn Oblast
Volyn Oblast ( uk, Воли́нська о́бласть, translit=Volýnsʹka óblastʹ; also referred to as Volyn or Lodomeria) is an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town an ...
.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,173 Catholics in 26 parishes with 25 priests (15 diocesan, 10 religious), 12 lay religious brothers and 6 seminarians.
History
It was established on 15 January 2008 as Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk (Luc’k in Curiate Italian), on
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
territory split off from the
Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
, which is the Chief (almost a Patriarch) of the
particular church ''sui iuris'', to which it is immediately subject, but not formally a Suffragan, and further depends on the
Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches
The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches (also called Dicastery for the Oriental Churches), previously named Congregation for the Oriental Churches or Congregation for the Eastern Churches ( la, Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus), is a dicaste ...
.
It can be considered the ''de facto'' successor of the
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh
The Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh (Lutsk–Ostroh of the Ukrainians) was a suffragan eparchy of the Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia in the Ruthenian Uniate Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It was situated in the Polish ...
, which was founded in 1589, twice suppressed and restored, was finally suppressed in 1839, nominally restored as a
titular bishopric in 1921 and suppressed even as such in 1973.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all
Ukrainian Rite)
;'' Archiepiscopal Exarchs''
*
Yosafat Hovera (2008.01.15 – ...),
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Cæsariana (2008.01.15 – ...).
See also
* Latin
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk
*
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh
The Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh (Lutsk–Ostroh of the Ukrainians) was a suffragan eparchy of the Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia in the Ruthenian Uniate Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It was situated in the Polish ...
*
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest
*
Exarch
An exarch (;
from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.
In the late Roman Empire and ea ...
External links
Official websiteGCatholic.org with Google satellite photo
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic exarchates
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