Apostolic Exarchate of the Czech Republic

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Apostolic Exarchate of the Czech Republic
Basic data
Rite church Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Country Czech Republic
Apostolic Exarch Ladislav Hučko
founding 1996
Parishes 21 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics 17,900 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Diocesan priest 40 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious priest 3 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics per priest 416
Permanent deacons 1 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
rite Byzantine
Liturgical language Czech
Greek
Ruthenian
cathedral Cathedral of St. Kliment ( Katedrála sv. Klimenta )
Website www.exarchat.cz
Coat of arms of the Apostolic Exarchate

The Czech Apostolic Exarchate ( Latin Exarchatus Apostolicus Reipublicae Cechae ) is a Greek Catholic exarchate in the Czech Republic with a Byzantine rite, unified with the Roman Catholic Church . The official seat is in Prague .

Greek Catholic Diaspora

Around 7,600 Greek Catholics live in the Czech Republic in a diaspora situation. In addition, several thousand migrant workers from Slovakia and Ukraine have to be looked after. That is approximately 0.075 percent of the Czech population and significantly less than the “Roman” Catholics in the country (26 percent).

29 priests and 44 churches are available for pastoral care, organized in 25 parishes and 19 branches.

Exarchate

Pope John Paul II founded it on March 15, 1996 from cession of territory to the Prešov eparchy .

Apostolic Exarchs of the Czech Republic

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number Diocesan priest Religious priest Catholics per priest Friars Religious sisters
1999 200,000 ? ? 33 31 2 6,060 3 3 23
2000 270,000 ? ? 36 31 5 7,500 6th 3 24
2001 250,000 ? ? 37 31 6th 6,756 17th 4th 25th
2002 190,000 ? ? 42 31 11 4,523 19th 4th 25th
2003 177,704 ? ? 46 34 12 3,863 12 25th
2004 177,704 ? ? 38 36 2 4,676 2 25th
2009 178,150 ? ? 39 39 4,567 25th

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