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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires
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The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Latin: Eparchia Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaënsis) is an eparchy (diocese, bishopric) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which uses the Byzantine Rite in the Ukrainian language, for its faithful in major immigration country Argentina.
Quick Facts Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos AiresEparchia Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaërensis Ucrainorum Буенос-Айреська єпархія Покрови Пресвятої БогородиціEparquía de Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires, Location ...
Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires Eparchia Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaërensis Ucrainorum Буенос-Айреська єпархія Покрови Пресвятої Богородиці Eparquía de Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires | |
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![]() Cathedral of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Buenos Aires Catedral Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires | |
Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Territory | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Buenos Aires |
Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Population - Catholics | 160,000 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | April 24, 1978 |
Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio (Pokrov) |
Patron saint | Santísima Virgen del Patrocinio |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | Daniel Kozelinski Netto |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Aurelio Poli |
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Its cathedral see is in the capital city of Buenos Aires, but must not be confused with the Roman Catholic (Latin rite) Metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires in Argentina.