Apostolic Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic

Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic

Exarchatus Apostolicus Reipublicae Cechae

Apoštolský exarchát v České republice
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Coat of arms
Location
CountryCzech Republic
MetropolitanImmediately Subject to the Holy See
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2013)
17,000
Information
Sui iuris churchRuthenian Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
Established18 January 1996
CathedralSt. Clement's Cathedral, Prague
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLadislav Hučko
Website
www.exarchat.cz

The Apostolic Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic is an Eastern Catholic institution overseeing Catholics of byzantine-slavonic rite in the Czech Republic. It uses the localized Byzantine Rite in archaic Church Slavonic language. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Clement's Cathedral, Prague.

History

On March 13, 1996, Pope John Paul II proclaimed a new Apostolic Exarchate (exempt pre-diocese) for Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in the Czech Republic under the rule of the Apostolic See. The church was built on territory previously covered by the Byzantine Rite, the Slovak Catholic Metropolitanate sui juris of Prešov.

The Apostolic Exarchate provides a legal organization for Catholics of the Ruthenian Church living in the Czech Republic. The head of the church is a bishop, who has the same rights as a diocesan bishop. An exarchate is the initial stage of an eparchy (the equivalent of a diocese in the Latin rites), which is exempt, i.e. not part of any ecclesiastical province but directly subject to the Holy See. It is supervised by the Roman Dicastery for the Eastern Churches, a Roman Curia dicastery acting on behalf of the Pope.

Statistics

According to the 2011 census there were 9,927 Byzantine Catholics in the Czech Republic. In July 2016 according to the Statistics from the Annuario Pontificio 2016 compiled by Ron Roberson there is a combined Byzantine or Constantinopolitan Tradition (“Greek Catholic”) count of 7,677,373 for which the Ruthenian Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic in Prague makes up 17,000 of. Currently there are 20 parishes and 12 chapels organized into seven deaneries and served by 25 priests.

Additionally, significant proportion of believers are workers and refugees from Ukraine.

Apostolic Exarchs

The following is a list of the hierarchs of the Apostolic Exarchate and their terms of service:

See also


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