Apostolic Exarchate Germany and Scandinavia
| Apostolic Exarchate Germany and Scandinavia | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Germany , Denmark , Norway , Finland , Sweden |
| Apostolic Exarch | Petro Kryk |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 1,574,123.91 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 109,810,000 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 49,500 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,833 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
| cathedral | Maria Schutz and St. Andreas |
| address | Apostolic Exarchy Schönbergstrasse 9 81679 Munich Germany |
| Website | ukrainische-kirche.de |
The Apostolic Exarchate Germany and Scandinavia ( lat. : Exarchatus apostolicus Germaniae et Scandiae ) is in Germany , Denmark , Norway , Finland , Sweden situated Apostolic Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , based in Munich .
history
In 1927 Andrej Scheptyzkyj , Metropolitan of Halyc and Archbishop of Lemberg , set up a pastoral dean's office for Catholic Ukrainians in Berlin. The first pastor of this deanery was Petro Werhun , who in 1940 was appointed Apostolic Visitator and Administrator of Catholic Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Germany. In 1945 he was arrested by the Soviets and deported to the USSR, where he died in 1957.
1947 ordered Pope Pius XII. pastoral care for Catholic Ukrainians living abroad. The then Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe, Archbishop Iwan Buczko , also took over the leadership of the pastoral care for the Catholic Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite living in Germany.
On April 17, 1959, Pope John XXIII established the Apostolic Exarchy for the Catholic Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Germany. The first apostolic exarch was Plato Kornyljak , who was ordained bishop on July 7th of the same year. He headed the exarchy until his retirement in 1996.
The jurisdiction of the Apostolic Exarch initially only extended to the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany , in 1984 it was extended to that of the countries of Scandinavia .
organization
The jurisdiction of the Apostolic Exarch is both territorial and personal: all Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests and lay people in Germany and the Scandinavian states are subordinate to him. The Apostolic Exarch is a member of the German Bishops' Conference . Its seat is Munich . The Cathedral of the Exarchy is the Church of Maria Schutz and St. Andreas in Munich.
In Germany, the exarchy is divided into four deaneries with 52 pastoral care offices, several of which are spatially close together to form a parish. There are seven pastoral care centers in Sweden and one in Denmark. The exarchy also includes five nunneries of the Byzantine rite.
The Exarchy maintains various charitable and scientific institutions as well as the newspaper "Christian Voice".
Apostolic Exarchs
- Platon Kornyljak (1959–1996)
- Petro Kryk (since 2001)
Seat of the Apostolic Exarch
Maria Schutz and St. Andreas
All Saints Church in Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Bielefeld
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1969 | 32,000 | ? | ? | 23 | 23 | 1,391 | 13 | 19th | |||
| 1980 | 28,960 | ? | ? | 24 | 21st | 3 | 1,206 | 2 | 5 | 15th | 20th |
| 1990 | 26,541 | ? | ? | 33 | 28 | 5 | 804 | 1 | 5 | 17th | 25th |
| 1999 | 38,000 | ? | ? | 25th | 21st | 4th | 1,520 | 3 | 4th | 18th | 19th |
| 2000 | 43,000 | ? | ? | 24 | 19th | 5 | 1,791 | 3 | 5 | 15th | 19th |
| 2001 | 40,000 | ? | ? | 23 | 19th | 4th | 1,739 | 3 | 4th | 18th | 19th |
| 2002 | 63,000 | ? | ? | 21st | 16 | 5 | 3,000 | 2 | 5 | 18th | 21st |
| 2003 | 65,200 | ? | ? | 27 | 25th | 2 | 2,414 | 2 | 18th | 22nd | |
| 2004 | 80,000 | ? | ? | 30th | 28 | 2 | 2,667 | 2 | 2 | 18th | 21st |
| 2009 | 30,320 | ? | ? | 34 | 24 | 10 | 891 | 1 | 20th | 19th | |
| 2013 | 40,700 | ? | ? | 24 | 24 | 1,695 | 1 | 8th | 16 | ||
| 2016 | 49,500 | ? | ? | 27 | 27 | 1,833 | 1 | 8th | 14th | ||
Web links
- Official website (German and Ukrainian)
- Entry on Giga-Catholic (English)
- Entry on Apostolic Exarchate Germany and Scandinavia on catholic-hierarchy.org
Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 10.4 ″ N , 11 ° 36 ′ 27.2 ″ E