Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
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The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires is a diocese
located in the city of Buenos Aires
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
History
- February 9, 1968: Established as the Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina
- April 24, 1978: Promoted as Diocese of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian Rite) - Apostolic Exarchs of Argentina (Ukrainian Rite)
- Bishop Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. (February 9, 1968 – April 24, 1978)
- Bishop Andrés SapelakAndrés SapelakAndrés Sapelak, S.D.B. is a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. As of 2009 he is one of the oldest Catholic bishops from Poland....
, S.D.B. (April 24, 1978 – December 12, 1997) - Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. (Apostolic Administrator January 21, 1998 – April 24, 1999)
- Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. (April 24, 1999 – April 10, 2010)
- Apostolic AdministratorApostolic AdministratorAn apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration...
of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian Rite)- Sviatoslav ShevchukSviatoslav ShevchukSviatoslav Shevchuk is the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church since 25 March 2011.-Life:Sviatoslav Shevchuk was born in 1970, in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR. He was ordained as a priest on 26 June 1994. From 2002 to 2005 he worked as head of the secretariat of Patriarch Lubomyr Husar...
, (April 10, 2010 - March 25, 2011)
- Sviatoslav Shevchuk
- Apostolic AdministratorApostolic AdministratorAn apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration...
sede vacante of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires- Bishop Daniel Kozelinski NettoDaniel Kozelinski NettoDaniel Kozelinski Netto is the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 22 June 2011...
(22 June 2011 -
- Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto