Apostolic Exarchate of Krym
Archiepiscopal exarchate · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Krym, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic archiepiscopal exarchate for Crimea, established 13 February 2014 from the Exarchate of Odesa-Crimea, with its cathedral in Simferopol. Since the 2014 Russian annexation it has had no resident exarch and is governed by Archiepiscopal Administrator Mykhaylo Bubniy from Odesa.
The see
- Rank
- Archiepiscopal exarchate
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 13 February 2014
- Annuario code
- 001000566
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,500
- Priests
- 8
- Catholics per priest
- 313
- Extent
- 26,081 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Simferopol stands in Krym, 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
Formed on 13 February 2014 from the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa-Crimea, the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym (Latin: Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Crimenses) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic exarchate of the Catholic Church. After the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in March 2014, part of the faithful and clergy left the Exarchate and no Exarch was appointed; it is currently governed by an Archiepiscopal Administrator from Odesa. It is one of only five Archiepiscopal Exarchates in the world, all belonging to the particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and following the Byzantine Ukrainian Rite.
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].