Eparchy of Holy Family of London
Sanctae Familiae Londiniensis
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Holy Family of London, United Kingdom
The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London is a Byzantine rite eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church serving faithful in Great Britain and Ireland. Erected as an apostolic exarchate on 10 June 1957, it was elevated to an eparchy on 18 January 2013. Its seat is the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile in London.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1957
- Latin
- Sanctae Familiae Londiniensis
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001001602
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,000
- Population
- 69,003,000
- Catholic share
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 1,765
- Extent
- 229,848 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Kenneth Nowakowski
- Born
- 16 May 1958
- Birthplace
- North Battleford
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
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, London stands in Holy Family of London, 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
Serving the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See, the Eparchy of the Holy Family of London (Ukrainian: Єпархія Пресвятої Родини у Лондоні; Latin: Eparchia Sanctae Familiae Londiniensis) extends over the entirety of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Its episcopal seat is the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, situated in London.
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].