The Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

eparchy 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 th ...

of the

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. Headquartered in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, it is a

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in the

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of the metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne, a

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territory. The

Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

of Saints Peter and Paul, in

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

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, is the episcopal church of the eparch, currently Mykola Bychok CSSR.

Status and jurisdiction

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

Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) is the national episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Australia and is the instrumentality used by the Australian Catholic bishops to act nationally and address issues of national s ...

. 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

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. 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 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 ...

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 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne is a Latin Rite metropolitan archdiocese in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Erected initially in 1847 as the Diocese of Melbourne, a suffragan diocese of Archdiocese of Sydney, the diocese was elev ...

Parishes

Australia

* In

, parishes are located in North Melbourne (Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul),

Wodonga Wodonga (Pallanganmiddang language, Waywurru: ''Wordonga'') is a city on the Victoria (Australia), Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of ...

(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

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, parishes are located in

Lidcombe Lidcombe is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lidcombe is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Cumberland Council, with a small industrial part in the north ...

(St Andrew's Church),

Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...

(St Volodymyr's), Adamstown (Protection of the Mother of God), and

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(St Michael's). * In the

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, a parish is located in Lyneham (Church of St Volodymyr). * In

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

, parishes are located in

Wayville Wayville is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. It is most notable for hosting of the Royal Adelaide Show at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, Adelaide Showgrounds. The suburb is bordered to the north by Adelaide's South Par ...

(Protection of the Mother of God) and Woodville (Saints Volodymyr and Olha War Memorial Church). * In

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, a parish is located in

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(Protection of the Mother of God). * In

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, parishes are located in Maylands (St John the Baptist) and Northam (Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin). * In

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, parishes are located in

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

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

New Zealand

Church services are held in *

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(Mother of Perpetual Help Church). *

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(St Peter's Church) *

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

(Sacred Heart Cathedral chapel)

Eparchial bishops

The following individuals have been appointed

apostolic 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 ...

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

References

External links

Official website

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

Status and jurisdiction

History

Parishes

Australia

New Zealand

Eparchial bishops

See also

References

External links