Harbin Apostolic Exarchate
| Harbin Apostolic Exarchate | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Russian Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Apostolic Exarch | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1928 |
| Catholics | - |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language |
Russian Church Slavonic |
The Harbin Apostolic Exarchate ( Latin Exarchatus Apostolicus Harbinensis , formaliter Apostolic Exarchate for the Russians of the Byzantine Rite and all Catholics of an Oriental Rite in China ) is a Russian Greek Catholic Exarchate unified with the Roman Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China with its seat in Harbin .
This diocese is mentioned in the Annuario Pontificio , but there are neither appointed pastors nor an indication of the number of believers.
history
The Pontifical Commission Pro Russia established the exarchate on May 20, 1928 by decree Fidelium Russorum . A jurisdiction over the believers of the Byzantine (Greek Catholic) rite of the Russian minority in China was established in Manchuria . Formally, this exarchate would be responsible for all oriental rites (Eastern Catholic churches) . Pastoral care has not been occupied since 1953. This church fellowship has always remained very small and today has perhaps 3,500 believers.
Apostolic Exarchs of Harbin
- Fabian Abrantowicz MIC (May 31, 1928 to 1939, resigned)
- Andrzej Cikoto MIC (October 20, 1939 to February 13, 1953, died)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Harbin Apostolic Exarchate on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry on Harbin Apostolic Exarchate on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 22, 2014.