Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Greece
The Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Greece is the junior of two jurisdictions constituting the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic particular church sui iuris, which practices the Byzantine Rite in the Greek language.
It is exempt, i.e. not part of any ecclesiastical province, but directly subject to the Holy See (notably the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches).
It has its cathedral episcopal see in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Holy Trinity Cathedral) in Athens, Greece, and covers the whole of the Hellenic Republic.
History
It was established on 11 June 1932 as the Apostolic Exarchate of Greece, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Exarchate of Turkey of Europe (sic, meaning European Turkey; with see in transcontinental Istanbul alias Constantinople in Turkey; now called 'Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul'), whose Apostolic Exarch transferred to the new exarchate.
Ordinaries
- Apostolic Exarchs of Greece
(all Greek Rite)
- George Calavassy (1932.06.11 – death 1957.11.07), Titular Bishop of Theodoropolis (1920.07.13 – 1957.11.07); previously Apostolic Exarch of Turkey of Europe of the Greeks (European Turkey) (1920.07.13 – 1932.06.11)
- Hyakinthos Gad (1958.02.17 – death 1975.01.30), Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (in Mauretania) (1958.02.17 – 1975.01.30)
- Anárghyros Printesis (1975.06.28 – retired 2008.04.23), Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (1975.06.28 – death 2012.03.18)
- Dimitrios Salachas (2008.04.23 – 2016.02.02), Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (2012.05.14 – ...), Member of Commission for the Study of the Reform of the Matrimonial Processes in Canon Law (2014.08.27 – 2015); previously Titular Bishop of Carcabia (2008.04.23 – 2012.05.14)
- Manuel Nin (2016.02.02 – ...), Titular Bishop of Carcabia (2016.02.02 – ...)