Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archparchy or Archdiocese of (São João Batista em) Curitiba (Latin: Archparchia Sancti Ioannis Baptistae Curitibensis Ucrainorum) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic archeparchy located in the city of Curitiba, which is also the Metropolitan see of a Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province in Curitiba in Brazil. The ecclesiastical province has one suffragan, the Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian).

Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba Sancti Ioannis Baptistae Curitibensis Ucrainorum Архиєпархія з Сан-Жуан-Батіста ем Куритиба
Location
Country	Brazil
Territory	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	São João Batista em Curitiba
Headquarters	Curitiba, Brazil
Population - Catholics	162,000
Information
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite	Byzantine
Established	November 29, 1971
Cathedral	Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Curitiba
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Archeparch	Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

It was established on May 30, 1962 as Apostolic Exarchate (exempt, i;e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province) of Brazil. On November 29, 1971, the exarchate was promoted as the Eparchy (diocese) of São João Batista em Curitiba.

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

So far, its exarchs and (arch)bishops -often monks in the Eastern tradition- always belonged to the Basilian order.

Apostolic Exarchs of Brazil (Ukrainian Catholic Rite)

• Bishop José Romão Martenetz (1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29; cfr. infra)

Eparchs (Bishops) of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Catholic Rite)

• Bishop José Romão Martenetz (cfr. supra; 1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)
• Bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey (1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13)
• Bishop Valdomiro Koubetch (2006.12.13 – 2014.05.12; cfr. infra)

Metropolitan Archeparch(s (Archbishops)

• Archeparch Valdomiro Koubetch (cfr. supra; 2014.05.12 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

• Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei) (1971-1978)
• Valdomiro Koubetch (2003-2006)

Auxiliary bishops

• Meron Mazur (2005-2014), appointed Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian)
• Daniel Kozelinski Netto (2007-2016), appointed Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina

References and External Links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy