The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia (german: Apostolisches Exarchat für Deutschland und Skandinavien la, Exarchatus Apostolicus Germaniae et Scandiae) (Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians) is an

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(pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the

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that covers the faithful in

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and the Nordic countries

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and Sweden. It is exempt (i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches), so is not part of any

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. Its

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episcopal see is the Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas, dedicated to the

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(Mary, Mother of God) and to Saint Andrew, in

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, Bavaria, Germany. It is headquartered at Schönbergstrasse 9, D-81679 München (Munich), Germany. The current Apostolic exarch is

Bohdan Dzyurakh Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. (b. 1967, Hirske (Lviv), Hirske, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a curial bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and titular bishop of Vagada (Numidia), Vagada. He is also head of the Supervisory Council of ...

History

It was established on 17 April 1959 as Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia, without a Byzantine rite Catholic precursor.

Episcopal ordinaries

( Byzantine rite, so far missionaries from Eastern Europe) Muenchen-Exarchie-bjs2007-01

;''Apostolic Exarchs of Germany and Scandinavia'' *

Platon Kornyljak Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak or Kornylyak ( uk, Платон Володислав Корниляк; 6 September 1920 – 1 November 2000) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in Germany. He was the first Apostolic ...

(7 July 1959 – 16 December 1996) (born

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(1959.04.17 – 2000.11.01); died 2000 *''

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Michel Hrynchyshyn The Rt Revd Michel Hrynchyshyn C.Ss.R. (18 February 1929 – 12 November 2012) was the apostolic exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate in France, Benelux and Switzerland for the Ukrainians from when he was consecrated bishop on 30 January 1983 until h ...

, (16 December 1996 – 3 February 2001) *

Petro Kryk Bishop Petro Kryk ( uk, Петро Крик, born 25 April 1945 in Kobylnica Wołoska, Rzeszów Voivodeship (now Podkarpackie Voivodeship), Poland) is a German Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as the emeritus Apostolic Exarch of the Apostolic ...

(born

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) (3 February 2001 – 18 February 2021), Titular Bishop of

(2000.11.20 – 2021, 18.2.). *

(18 February 2021 – ...)

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

In many parishes, the Ukrainian Catholics use the local

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Catholic church as a location for

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. ;Denmark
Sankt Ansgars kirke Cathedral

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: 1st Sunday of each month at noon

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org with Google map and - satellite photo

Apostolische Exarchie für katholische Ukrainer des byzantinischen Ritus in Deutschland und Skandinavie
Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchies Eastern Catholicism in Germany Ukrainian diaspora in Germany Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany Catholic Church in Finland

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Religious organizations established in 1959

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