Macedonian Greek Catholic Church


The Macedonian Greek Catholic Church or Macedonian Byzantine Catholic Church is a sui juris Eastern Catholic church in full union with the Catholic Church, which uses the Macedonian language in the liturgy. The Macedonian Greek Catholic Church comprises a single eparchy: the Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje.

History

An apostolic exarch was appointed for Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia as early as 1883 and lasting until 1922/1924 as part of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church. After the end of World War I and the foundation of Yugoslavia, the Vicariate was absorbed into the Eparchy of Križevci.
In January 2001, a separate Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia was formed for Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in North Macedonia. It was separated from the Eparchy of Križevci and constituted as directly subject to the Holy See. On the same day, the Holy See appointed the Latin bishop of Skopje as the first Apostolic Exarch of North Macedonia.

Statistics

, the church's membership was estimated at approximately 11,374 faithful, with one bishop, 8 parishes, 16 priests, and 18 religious sisters.
YearMembersPriestsParishes
200010,000108
20016,32095
200211,00085
200311,36785
200411,36795
200511,39895
200611,48385
200711,49185
200815,175106
200915,041117
201015,037117
201611,336168
201711,374168

Hierarchs

Apostolic exarchs
  • Lazar Mladenov, Titular bishop of Satala
  • Epiphany Shanov, Titular bishop of Livias
  • Joakim Herbut, Latin Church bishop of Skopje
  • Kiro Stojanov, Latin Church bishop of Skopje
Eparchs of Strumica