Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus

The Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus (or Belarus of the Ukrainians) was a short-lived (1940-42) Apostolic Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of the particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language) in the Soviet Belarus SSR.

History
  • Established 1940 as Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus, without direct Eastern Catholic precursor


suppressed in 1942, having had a single incumbent (Ukrainian Rite) :

  • Father Antoni Niemancewicz (1940 – 1942), no other prelature.
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