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Ukrainian Catholic eparchy in Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław–Koszalin (Wrocław–Koszalin of the Ukrainians) is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolis of Przemyśl-Warsaw , 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 Wrocław–Koszalin Dioecesis Vratislaviensis–Coslinensis ritus bysantini ucraini Eparchia wrocławsko-koszalinska | |
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![]() St Vincent and St James Cathedral in Wrocław | |
Location | |
Country | Poland |
Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw |
Headquarters | Wroclaw, Poland |
Population - Catholics | 50,000 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 24 May 1996 |
Cathedral | St Vincent and St James in Wrocław |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | Wlodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Eugeniusz Popowicz Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warsaw |
Map | |
![]() Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin in green | |
Website | |
https://www.cerkiew.net.pl/ |
Its episcopal see is the St Vincent and St James Cathedral, in Wrocław (Breslau, western Poland), in the administrative Lower Silesian Voivodeship (Dolnośląskie province).
As per 2015, it pastorally served 25,000 Catholics in 56 parishes with 33 priests (32 diocesan, 1 religious), 10 lay religious (1 brother, 9 sisters) and 2 seminarians.
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