Eparchy of the Annunciation Strumica-Skopje

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Eparchy of the Annunciation Strumica-Skopje
Map Eparchy of the Annunciation Strumica-Skopje
Basic data
Rite church Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Country North Macedonia
Metropolitan bishopric Immediate
Diocesan bishop Kiro Stojanov
Vicar General Antun Cirimotić
founding May 31, 2018
surface 25,713 km²
Parishes 7 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 )
Residents 2,052,722 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 )
Catholics 15,037 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 )
proportion of 0.7%
Diocesan priest 10 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 )
Religious priest 1 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 )
Catholics per priest 1,367
Friars 1 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 )
Religious sisters 18 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 )
rite Byzantine rite
Liturgical language Albanian
Greek
Macedonian
cathedral Uspenie na Presveta Bogorodica (Assumption) Strumica
Website http://www.ceicem.org/

The eparchy Annunciation Strumica Skopje ( lat. : Eparchia Beatae Mariae Virginis in Caelum Assumptae Strummnitzensis-Scopiensis until May 31, 2018 Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia ) is a in northern Macedonia located Eparchy for Catholics of the Byzantine Rite , based in Skopje . Most of the believers are Albanians .

history

After the union of some priests between 1859 ( Union of Kilkis ) and 1861, a jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Catholic Church was created in 1881 . The jurisdiction comprised two Apostolic Vicariates Macedonia and Thrace . The Apostolic Vicariate was dissolved in 1922 or, according to other sources, in 1924.

On January 11, 2001, Pope John Paul II established the Apostolic Exarchate for Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Macedonia from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Križevci . Formally, the Macedonian Greek Catholic Church is a church in its own right (sui iuris) and is one of the Greek Catholic Eastern Churches . However, the Macedonian exarchate does not have the degree of autonomy that distinguishes most of the churches united with Rome: on the one hand, the apostolic exarch is appointed directly by the Pope, and on the other hand, this episcopal office is currently (2004) in personal union by the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Skopje .

On May 31, 2018, Pope Francis elevated the exarchate to the rank of an eparchy and appointed the previous exarch Kiro Stojanov as the first diocesan bishop of the eparchy.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicar

Apostolic Exarchs of Macedonia

Bishop of Strumica-Skopje

  • Kiro Stojanov, since May 31, 2018

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number Diocesan priest Religious priest Catholics per priest Friars Religious sisters
2000 10,000 ? ? 10 7th 3 1,000 3 23 8th
2001 6.320 ? ? 9 9 702 18th 5
2002 11,000 ? ? 8th 7th 1 1,375 1 17th 5
2003 11,367 ? ? 8th 7th 1 1,420 1 18th 5
2004 11,398 ? ? 9 9 1,266 18th 5
2009 15,037 ? ? 11 10 1 1,367 1 18th 7th

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Успение на Пресвета Богородица ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) katolickakatedralastrumica.mk (Macedonian)

Coordinates: 41 ° 26 ′ 6.3 "  N , 22 ° 38 ′ 24"  E