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
;Apostolic Exarchs of Germany and Scandinavia- Platon Kornyljak , Titular Bishop of Castra Martis ; died 2000
- Apostolic Administrator Michel Hrynchyshyn,
- Petro Kryk , Titular Bishop of Castra Martis.
- Bohdan Dzyurakh
Statistics and extent
Parishes
In many parishes, the Ukrainian Greek Catholics use the local Latin Catholic church as a location for Divine Liturgy.;Denmark
- , Copenhagen: 1st Sunday of each month at noon