Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje explained

Jurisdiction:	Eparchy
the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje
Image Alt:	300
Province:	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Headquarters:	Strumica
Area Km2:	25,713
Population:	2,100,000
Population As Of:	2015
Catholics:	11,374
Catholics Percent:	0.54
Parishes:	8
Sui Iuris Church:	Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Rite:	Byzantine
Established:	January 11, 2001
Cathedral:	Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica
Patron:	the Blessed Virgin Mary
Priests:	16
Language:	Macedonian
Bishop Title:	Bishop
Website:	Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje

The Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje is the only eparchy of the Macedonian Greek Catholic Church. It is situated in North Macedonia. The eparchy is an Immediately subject to the Holy See.

History

• January 11, 2001: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia for the Macedonians from the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.
• May 31, 2018: Elevated in the rank of an eparchy (diocese) as the Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje.^[1]

Eparchial bishops

The following is a list of the Apostolic Exarchs and the Eparchial Bishops of the eparchy and their terms of service:

• 11 January 2001 – 15 April 2005: Joakim Herbut, Bishop of Skopje
• since 20 July 2005: Kiro Stojanov, Bishop of Skopje

See also

• Catholic Church in North Macedonia
• Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
• Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
• Albanian Greek Catholic Church
• Greek Byzantine Catholic Church

External links

• Official website
• GCatholic.org information on the eparchy
• Profile at the Catholic Hierarchy
• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: the Holy See Press Service. Elevazione dell’Esarcato Apostolico per i fedeli cattolici di rito bizantino residenti nella ex-Repubblica Jugoslava di Macedonia ad Eparchia e nomina del primo Vescovo Eparchiale. Italian. 2018-05-31.