Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna

Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna
Apostolica Exarchia Lemkovszczyznaensis Ucrainorum
Апостольський Екзархат Лемківщини
Location
Territory Southern-Eastern part of Poland
Ecclesiastical province Immediately subject to the Holy See
Headquarters Rymanów-Zdrój (until April 30, 1938) since – Sanok
Population
- Catholics

127,580 (in 1943)
Information
Sui iuris church Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite Byzantine
Established February 10, 1934
Dissolved January 16, 1991 (in fact after 1947)
Cathedral The Holy Spirit Church in Sanok
Patron saint Immacolate Virgin Mary
Leadership
Exarch Msgr. Oleksandr Malynovskyi (last Apostolic Exarch).

The Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna (Polish: Egzarchat Apostolski Łemkowszczyzny; Ukrainian: Апостольський Екзархат Лемківщини) was a short-lived missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction (exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language), which was created as the Apostolic Administration of Lemkowszczyzna and then promoted as an Apostolic Exarchate.

Map of the circumscriptions of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 1939

History

Apostolic Administrators and Apostolic Exarches

(No prelates)

Apostolic Administrators of Lemkowszczyzna
Apostolic Exarch of Lemkowszczyzna

Source and External links

Coordinates: 49°20′N 22°07′E / 49.34°N 22.12°E / 49.34; 22.12


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