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Suffragan eparchy Olsztyn, Poland

Eparchy of Olsztyn-Gdańsk

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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine-rite) eparchy in northern Poland, erected 25 November 2020 from the Archeparchy of Przemysl-Warsaw and the Eparchy of Wroclaw-Gdansk. Its see is the Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God in Olsztyn, with a co-cathedral in Gdansk. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Przemysl-Warsaw.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God, Olsztyn, in Olsztyn, Poland.

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Established
2020
Catholics
10,000
Priests
32
Territory
90,075 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Eparch
Arkadiusz Trochanowski
Born
6 January 1973
Birthplace
Szprotawa

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God, Olsztyn stands in Olsztyn, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedral in Gdansk.

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History

For Ukrainian Greek Catholics in part of Poland, worshipping in the Byzantine rite in the Ukrainian language, the Eparchy of Olsztyn-Gdańsk (Olsztyn-Gdańsk of the Ukrainians) serves as an Eastern Catholic diocese parallel to the Latin hierarchy. It is a suffragan eparchy within the ecclesiastical province of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warsaw and depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

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