Apostolic Exarchate Russia

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Apostolic Exarchate Russia
Basic data
Rite church Russian Greek Catholic Church
Country Russia
Ecclesiastical province Immediate
Apostolic Exarch Sedis vacancy
founding 1917
Catholics -
rite Byzantine rite
Liturgical language Church Slavonic

The Apostolic Exarchate for Catholics of the Byzantine rite in Russia ( Apostolic Exarchate Russia , Latin apostolicus Exarchatus Russiae ) is for the Catholic Christians of the Byzantine Rite in Russia competent Apostolic Exarchate based in Moscow .

This diocese is mentioned in the Annuario Pontificio , but there are neither appointed pastors nor an indication of the number of believers.

history

The Apostolic Exarchate Russia was established in 1917. The post has not been appointed since the Stalin era.

Apostolic Exarchs of Russia

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Individual evidence

  1. Smaller Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite: Purely formally existing Eastern Catholic Churches , prooriente.at