Apostolic Exarchate of Lutsk
Archiepiscopal exarchate · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Lutsk, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic archiepiscopal exarchate for the Volyn and Rivne regions of north-western Ukraine, erected 15 January 2008 from the Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych. The seat is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Lutsk; it counted about 3,173 faithful in 26 parishes as of 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Archiepiscopal exarchate
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 15 January 2008
- Annuario code
- 001000565
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,173
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 84
- Extent
- 40,300 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
- Archiepiscopal Exarch
- Yosafat Hovera
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 Nativity of the Theotokos, Lutsk stands in Lutsk, 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
The Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk (Lutsk of the Ukrainians) belongs to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which follows the Byzantine Rite in the Ukrainian language. It is an Archiepiscopal Exarchate, a rare Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction comparable to a Patriarchal exarchate, an Apostolic exarchate, or a Latin Apostolic vicariate (the other such cases are likewise Ukrainian Catholic). Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Lutsk (Луцьк), Volyn Oblast.
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].