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Russian Byzantine Catholic Church

Quick Facts

Tradition
Christianity · Catholic · Eastern
Current leader
Ordinary Joseph Werth
Leader since
December 20th 2004
Days in office

Intro

The Russian Byzantine Catholic Church is referred to on Wikipedia as the Russian Greek Catholic Church, a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic church that developed out of Russian Catholics seeking communion with Rome.

Structure

Apostolic Exarchate of Russia

It has been vacant since 1951, having had only two incumbents, both belonging to the Ukrainian Studite Monks (M.S.U., a Byzantine Rite Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church monastic order):

Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin

Name Term Order Notes Refs
Fabijan Abrantovich 20 May 1928 – 1939 Marian Fathers Arrived in Harbin in September 1928. Recalled to Rome in 1933. Died 1946.
Vendelín Javorka 1933–1936 Jesuit Apostolic administrator sede plena
Andrzej Cikoto 20 October 1939 – 13 February 1952 Marian Fathers 1933–1939 superior general of the Marian Fathers in Rome. Later made archimandrite. Died in office in prison

Source(s)

Source: Intro adapted from the Wikipedia article "Russian Greek Catholic Church". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Structure section text copied verbatim from the Wikipedia article "Russian Greek Catholic Church". Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.