Eparchy of Olsztyn-Gdańsk
Varmien(sis)-Gedanen(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini
Suffragan eparchy · Ukrainian · Olsztyn, Poland
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ukrainian
- Erected
- 25 November 2020
- Latin
- Varmien(sis)-Gedanen(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini
- Annuario code
- 001005104
The see in figures
- Extent
- 90,075 km²
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
- Arkadiusz Trochanowski
- Born
- 6 January 1973
- Birthplace
- Szprotawa
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 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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Przemysl-Warsaw
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Przemysl-Warsaw.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of Wrocław-KoszalinWrocław
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].