Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk
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The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk (Olsztyn–Gdańsk of the Ukrainians) is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis of Przemyśl-Warsaw [pl], which covers some part of Poland for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine rite in Ukrainian language) parallel to the Latin hierarchy. It depends from the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk Dioecesis Allensteniensis–Gedanensis ritus bysantini ucraini Eparchia olsztynsko-gdańska | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw |
Headquarters | Olsztyn, Poland |
Statistics | |
Area | 90,075 km2 (34,778 sq mi) |
Parishes | 43 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 25 November 2020 |
Cathedral | Protection of the Mother of God in Olsztyn |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | Arkadiusz Trochanowski |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Eugeniusz Popowicz Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warsaw |
Map | |
Eparchy in blue | |
Website | |
Official website |
Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God in Olsztyn in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
It also has a Co-Cathedral, St. Bartholomew and Protection of the Mother of God, in Gdańsk, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.