The Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in

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. Headquartered in Melbourne, it is a

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in the ecclesiastical province of the

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Archbishop of Melbourne, a Latin Church territory. The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, in North Melbourne, Victoria, is the episcopal church of the eparch, currently Mykola Bychok

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Status and jurisdiction

Like all Catholic dioceses in Australia, the eparchy is a member of the

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. The Catholic Church is made up of the Latin or Western Catholic church and 21 Eastern Catholic particular churches ''sui iuris'', one of which is the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The eparchy is non-geographic, but demographic in that it has jurisdiction wherever Ukrainian Greeks are found in

, New Zealand and throughout Oceania. It has 21 churches and more schools, nursing homes and other institutions in Australia and New Zealand.

History

The eparchy began on 10 May 1958 as the apostolic exarchate for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. (Apostolic exarchs, like apostolic visitors, are "exempt", that is, they are responsible to the Holy Roman See. They are usually in missionary areas where the ordinary infrastructure of eparchies or dioceses is scanty.) The exarchate was superseded on 24 June 1982 by its becoming the eparchy (that is, diocese) of Melbourne. Since there was already an Archbishopric of Melbourne, and it is not customary to have two bishops with identically named sees, the exarchate is described as "the Eparchy of Saints Peter & Paul of Melbourne" and is notionally a

see of the (Latin) Archdiocese of Melbourne.

Parishes

Australia

* In Victoria, parishes are located in North Melbourne (Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul), Wodonga (Church of St Olha), Ardeer (The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin),

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(Protection of the Mother of God) and Noble Park (Mission of Blessed Mykolay Charnetsky). * In New South Wales, parishes are located in Lidcombe (St Andrew's Church), Wollongong (St Volodymyr's),

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(Protection of the Mother of God), and

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(St Michael's). * In the Australian Capital Territory, a parish is located in Lyneham (Church of St Volodymyr). * In South Australia, parishes are located in Wayville (Protection of the Mother of God) and Woodville (Saints Volodymyr and Olha War Memorial Church). * In Queensland, a parish is located in Woolloongabba (Protection of the Mother of God). * In Western Australia, parishes are located in Maylands (St John the Baptist) and Northam (Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin). * In Tasmania, parishes are located in

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(The Transfiguration of our Lord) and Launceston (Holy Family Church)

New Zealand

Church services are held in * Auckland (Mother of Perpetual Help Church). * Christchurch (St Peter's Church) * Wellington (Sacred Heart Cathedral chapel)

Eparchial bishops

The following individuals have been appointed

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and/or elected as Ukrainian Eparch of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne: :

References

External links

Official website

{{authority control Melbourne Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Ukrainian diaspora in Australia Christian organizations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Australia