Archbishop's Exarchate of Odessa
Archbishop's Exarchate of Odessa | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Country | Ukraine |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
Archbishop Exarch | Mychajlo Bubnij |
surface | 196,300 km² |
Residents | 8,712,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 70,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 0.8% |
Diocesan priest | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 6.364 |
rite | Byzantine rite |
Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
cathedral | Ascension of the Holy Mother of God |
Website | http://www.ugcc.od.ua/ |
The Archbishop's Exarchate of Odessa is an Archbishop's Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church located in the Ukraine and based in Odessa .
history
The Archbishop's Exarchate of Odessa- Crimea was established on July 28, 2003 from the cession of territory by the Archbishop's Exarchate of Kiev-Vyshhorod . On February 13, 2014, the Archbishop's Exarchate of Odessa-Crimea was divided into the Archbishop's Exarchate of Odessa and Crimea .
The Archbishop's Exarchate of Odessa includes the Oblasts of Kherson , Kirovohrad , Mykolaiv and Odessa .
Ordinaries
Archbishop Exarch of Odessa-Crimea
- Wassyl Iwassjuk , 2003–2014, then Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi
Archbishop Exarch of Odessa
- Mychajlo Bubnij , C.SS.R. (since 2014)