Apostolic Exarchate of Odessa
Archiepiscopal exarchate · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Odessa, Ukraine
Ukrainian Greek Catholic archiepiscopal exarchate for south-western Ukraine, headquartered in Odesa; it became a separate exarchate on 13 February 2014 when the earlier Odesa-Crimea jurisdiction was divided. The seat is St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Odesa.
The see
- Rank
- Archiepiscopal exarchate
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 28 July 2003
- Annuario code
- 001000564
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 100,000
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 2,083
- Extent
- 196,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.Ss.R.
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
St. Andrew Cathedral, Odesa stands in Odessa, 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
On 11 January 2002, the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa-Crimea was carved out of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod, the jurisdiction that later became the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Galicia. The exarchate itself was then split on 13 February 2014, yielding the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa (Latin: Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Odessana) and a separate Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea.
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].