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Eastern exarchate immediately subject to the Holy See Germania e Scandinavia, Germany

Apostolic Exarchate of Germania e Scandinavia

Germaniae et Scandiae

Apostolic exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church covering Ukrainian Catholics in Germany and the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden). Established on 17 April 1959. Its cathedral is the Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas in Munich.

On the map

Esri
Germania e Scandinavia, Germany, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1959
Catholics
150,000
Priests
34
Territory
1,574,123 km²

Parishes and churches

68 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.
Born
25 April 1945
Birthplace
Kobylnica Wołoska

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The cathedral

Kathedrale Maria Schutz und St. Andreas, Munich stands in Germania e Scandinavia, 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.

History

Ukrainian Greek Catholic faithful in Germany and the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are served by the Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia (German: Apostolisches Exarchat für Deutschland und Skandinavien; Latin: Exarchatus Apostolicus Germaniae et Scandiae), a pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The exarchate is exempt.