Apostolic Exarchate of Grecia
Eastern exarchate immediately subject to the Holy See · Byzantine tradition · Grecia, Greece
The Apostolic Exarchate of Greece is the Byzantine rite jurisdiction of the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church for all of Greece, established in 1932, with its cathedra at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Athens. Bishop Manuel Nin, O.S.B., served as apostolic exarch from 2016 until January 2026, when he was transferred to the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata; a new exarch is awaited.
The see
- Rank
- Eastern exarchate immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Byzantine tradition
- Erected
- 11 June 1932
- Annuario code
- 001000323
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,000
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 667
- Extent
- 135,228 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Bishop
- Manuel Nin
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
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Athens stands in Grecia, 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 Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, the Apostolic Exarchate of Greece is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Greece. Because the Greek Byzantine Church has no metropolitan sees, the exarchate is exempt, answering directly to the Holy See and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. Its cathedra stands in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the episcopal see of Athens, where a titular bishop bears responsibility for the entire Greek Byzantine Catholic community in Greece.
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].