Diocese of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaëren(sis) Ucrainorum
Suffragan eparchy · Latin Church · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine rite) eparchy for the faithful in Argentina, established as an apostolic exarchate in 1968 and raised to an eparchy on 24 April 1978. Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto has served as eparch since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1978
- Latin
- Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaëren(sis) Ucrainorum
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Protection (Pokrov)
- Annuario code
- 001002952
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 160,000
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 9,412
- Extent
- 2,780,951 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Daniel Kozelinski Netto
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Protection stands in Buenos Aires, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The sees of this province:
- Apostolic Exarchate of Germania e ScandinaviaGermania e Scandinavia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
For Ukrainian Greek Catholic faithful in Argentina, a major country of immigration, there exists the Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Latin: Eparchia Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaënsis). This eparchy (a diocese or bishopric) celebrates the Byzantine Rite in the Ukrainian language. Its cathedral stands in the capital, Buenos Aires, though it should not be confused with the Latin rite metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].