Ordinariate for Byzantine Believers in Poland
| Ordinariate for Byzantine Believers in Poland | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Poland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Full professor | Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz |
| Parishes | 1 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics | 600 ( 12/31/2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 3 (December 31, 2009 / AP2010 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 200 |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language |
Church Slavonic Polish |
| Website | http://www.ordynariat.ormianie.pl |
The Ordinariate for Byzantine Believers in Poland ( Latin : Poloniae ), based in Warsaw, is responsible for episcopal leadership and jurisdiction over all Catholic Christians of the Byzantine rite in Poland , i.e. for immigrant members of the Uniate Byzantine Eastern Churches and their descendants.
history
The ordinariate for the Byzantine believers in Poland was established in 1981 by Pope John Paul II as an ordinariate for the Armenian Catholic and Greek Catholic believers in Poland . On January 16, 1991, the Ordinariate for the Armenian Catholic and Greek Catholic Believers in Poland was renamed the Ordinariate for the Byzantine Believers in Poland .
Ordinaries
- Józef Cardinal Glemp , 1981-2007
- Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz , since 2007