The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archparchy or Archdiocese of (São João Batista em) Curitiba ( la, Archparchia Sancti Ioannis Baptistae Curitibensis Ucrainorum) is a
Ukrainian Greek Catholic archeparchy
Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the ...
located in the city of
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...
, which is also the Metropolitan see of a Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
in
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...
in Brazil. The ecclesiastical province has one suffragan, the
Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian).
History
It was established on May 30, 1962 as
Apostolic 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 e ...
(exempt, i;e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province) of Brazil. On November 29, 1971, the exarchate was promoted as the Eparchy (diocese) of São João Batista em Curitiba.
Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries
So far, its exarchs and (arch)bishops -often monks in the Eastern tradition- always belonged to the Basilian order.
; Apostolic Exarchs of Brazil (Ukrainian Catholic Rite)
* Bishop
José Romão Martenetz (1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29; ''cfr. infra'')
; Eparchs (Bishops) of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Catholic Rite)
* Bishop
José Romão Martenetz (''cfr. supra''; 1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)
* Bishop
Efraím Basílio Krevey (1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13)
* Bishop
Valdomiro Koubetch (2006.12.13 – 2014.05.12; ''cfr. infra'')
; Metropolitan Archeparch(s (Archbishops)
* Archeparch
Valdomiro Koubetch (''cfr. supra''; 2014.05.12 – present)
Coadjutor bishops
*
Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei) (1971-1978)
*
Valdomiro Koubetch (2003-2006)
Auxiliary bishops
*
Meron Mazur (2005-2014), appointed Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian)
*
Daniel Kozelinski Netto (2007-2016), appointed Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
References and External Links
GCatholic.org
Eastern Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Sao Joao Batista em Curitiba, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of
Christian organizations established in 1962
Ukrainian diaspora in Brazil
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Organisations based in Curitiba
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