Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires

The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Latin: Eparchia Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaënsis) is an eparchy (diocese, bishopric) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which uses the Byzantine Rite in the Ukrainian language, for its faithful in major immigration country Argentina.

Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires

Eparchia Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaërensis Ucrainorum

Буенос-Айреська єпархія Покрови Пресвятої Богородиці
Location
TerritoryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceBuenos Aires
HeadquartersBuenos Aires, Argentina
Population
- Catholics (including non-members)

160,000
Information
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic
RiteByzantine Rite
EstablishedApril 24, 1978
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio (Pokrov)
Patron saintSantísima Virgen del Patrocinio
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk
BishopDaniel Kozelinski Netto
Metropolitan ArchbishopMario Aurelio Poli

Its cathedral see is in the capital city of Buenos Aires, but must not be confused with the Roman Catholic (Latin rite) Metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

History

Episcopate

Apostolic Exarchs of Argentina (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishops of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian Rite)

Auxiliary bishops


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