Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia


The Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia '' is an Apostolic Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that covers the faithful in Germany and the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
It is exempt, so is not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas, dedicated to the Intercession of the Theotokos and to Saint Andrew, in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is headquartered at Schönbergstrasse 9, D-81679 München, Germany.
The current Apostolic exarch is Bohdan Dzyurakh.

History

It was established on 17 April 1959 as Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia, without a Byzantine rite Catholic precursor.
On 22 April 2023, according to the decree of Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, decided that from 1 September 2023, the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia will completely to the Gregorian calendar, including Easter, unlike the UGCC in Ukraine and Poland.

Episcopal ordinaries

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 40,700 Ukrainian Catholics in 16 parishes with 24 priests, 1 deacon, 8 lay religious and 1 seminarian.

Parishes

In many parishes, the Ukrainian Greek Catholics use the local Latin Catholic church as a location for Divine Liturgy.
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