Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna

The Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna[a] was a short-lived missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction (exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite in Ukrainian language), which was created as the Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna and then promoted as an Apostolic Exarchate. The erection of the jurisdiction was in response to the question of the national character of the Lemko people, a dispute between a pro-Ukrainian party and a Lemko nationalist party. The Eparchy of Przemyśl was pro-Ukrainian while the Polish government was opposed to Ukrainianization. Of a population of 140,000, more than 18,000 Lemko nationalists joined the Orthodox Church in opposition to the Przemyśl Eparchy. At the demand of the Polish government and to curtail losses to the Orthodox, the Holy See established a separate Apostolic Administration for the Lemkos. Poland's defeat and occupation in 1939 allowed for the appointment of the pro-Ukrainian Msgr. Oleksandr Malynovskyi as leader of the jurisdiction when a vacancy occurred in 1941.[1]

Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna

Apostolica Exarchia Lemkovszczyznaensis Ucrainorum

Апостольський Екзархат Лемківщини
The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Sanok (in 1946 was given to Orthodox by Polish Communist government)
Location
TerritorySouthern-Eastern part of Poland
Ecclesiastical provinceImmediately subject to the Holy See
HeadquartersRymanów-Zdrój (until April 30, 1938) since – Sanok
Population
- Catholics

127,580 (in 1943)
Information
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic
RiteByzantine
EstablishedFebruary 10, 1934
DissolvedJanuary 16, 1991 (in fact after 1947)
CathedralThe Holy Trinity Church in Sanok
Patron saintImmacolate Virgin Mary
Leadership
ExarchMsgr. Oleksandr Malynovskyi (last Apostolic Exarch).
Map of the circumscriptions of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 1939

Timeline

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Apostolic Administrators and Apostolic Exarches

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Apostolic Administrators of Łemkowszczyzna
Apostolic Exarch of Łemkowszczyzna
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Notes

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  1. ^ Polish: Egzarchat Apostolski Łemkowszczyzny; Latin: Apostolica Exarchia Lemkovszczyznaensis Ucrainorum; Ukrainian: Апостольський Екзархат Лемківщини, romanizedApostol's'kyy Ekzarkhat Lemkivshchyny

References

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  1. ^ "Entry Display Web Page".
  2. ^ Ukrainian Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna. GCatholic.

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