Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne

The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic eparchy (diocese) of the Catholic Church in Australia based in Melbourne and suffragan of its Latin Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne.

Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian)

Eparchia Sanctorum Petri et Pauli Melburnensis Ucrainorum
Location
CountryAustralia
TerritoryAustralia, New Zealand and Oceania
Ecclesiastical provinceMelbourne (Latin)
MetropolitanImmediately subject to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kiev
HeadquartersMelbourne, Australia
Coordinates37°47′47″S 144°56′39″E
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2009)
n/a
32,500 (n/a%)
Parishes 10
Information
DenominationUkrainian Catholic
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic
RiteByzantine
Established10 May 1958 as
Apostolic Exarchate of Australia;
24 June 1982 as
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul
CathedralCathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PatriarchMajor Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk
EparchMykola Bychok, C.Ss.R., elect
Bishops emeritusPeter Stasiuk, C.Ss.R.
Website
Ukrainian Catholic Church: Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, in North Melbourne, Victoria, is the episcopal see of the eparch, currently Mykola Bychok CSSR.

Status and jurisdiction

Like all Catholic dioceses in Australia, the eparchy is a member of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference. The Catholic Church is made up of the Latin or Western Catholic church and 21 Eastern Catholic particular churches sui iuris, one of which is the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The eparchy is non-geographic, but demographic in that it has jurisdiction wherever Ukrainian Greeks are found in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Oceania. It has 21 churches and more schools, nursing homes and other institutions in Australia and New Zealand.

History

The eparchy began on 10 May 1958 as the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Australia, New Zealand & Oceania. (Apostolic exarchs, like apostolic visitors, are "exempt", that is, they are responsible to the Holy Roman See. They are usually in missionary areas where the ordinary infrastructure of eparchies or dioceses is scanty.)

The Exarchate was superseded on 24 June 1982 by its becoming the Eparchy (that is, diocese) of Melbourne. Since there was already an Archbishopric of Melbourne, and it is not customary to have two bishops with identically named sees, the Exarchate is described as "the Eparchy of Saints Peter & Paul of Melbourne" and is notionally a suffragan see of the (Latin) Archdiocese of Melbourne.

Parishes

Australia

New Zealand

Church services are held in

Eparchial bishops

The following individuals have been appointed Apostolic Exarch and/or elected as Ukrainian Eparch of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne:[1]

Order Name Title Date enthroned Reign ended Term of office Reason for term end
1Ivan Prasko †Apostolic Exarch of Australia (Ukrainian)10 May 195824 June 198224 years, 45 daysElevated as Bishop of Ss Peter & Paul of Melbourne
Eparch (Bishop) of Ss Peter & Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), titular bishop of Zygris24 June 198216 December 199210 years, 175 daysRetired
2Peter Stasiuk C.Ss.R.Eparch of Ss Peter & Paul of Melbourne16 December 199215 January 202027 years, 30 daysRetired
3Mykola Bychok C.Ss.R.Eparch of Ss Peter & Paul of Melbourne15 January 2020Present1 year, 24 days

See also

References
  1. "Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian)". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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