Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires explained

Jurisdiction:Eparchy
Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
Latin:Eparchia Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio Bonaërensis Ucrainorum
Country:Argentina
Territory:Argentina
Province:Buenos Aires
Headquarters:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Catholics:160,000
Sui Iuris Church:Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite:Byzantine Rite
Established:April 24, 1978
Cathedral:Catedral Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio (Pokrov)
Patron:Santísima Virgen del Patrocinio
Major Archbishop:Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Bishop:Daniel Kozelinski Netto
Bishop Title:Bishop
Metro Archbishop:Mario Aurelio Poli

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. 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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