Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate Of Lutsk
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, in Lutsk (Луцьк), Volyn Oblast.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,173 Catholics in 26 parishes with 25 priests (15 diocesan, 10 religious), 12 lay religious brothers and 6 seminarians.
History
It was established on 15 January 2008 as Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk (Luc’k in Curiate Italian), on Ukrainian territory split off from the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych, which is the Chief (almost a Patriarch) of the particular church sui iuris, to which it is immediately subject, but not formally a Suffragan, and further depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
It can be considered the de facto successor of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh, which was founded in 1589, twice suppressed and restored, was finally suppressed in 1839, nominally restored as a titular bishopric in 1921 and suppressed even as such in 1973.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Ukrainian Rite)
- Archiepiscopal Exarchs
- Yosafat Hovera (2008.01.15 – ...), Titular Bishop of Cæsariana (2008.01.15 – ...).
See also
- Latin Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest
- Exarch
External links
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