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Apostolic Exarchate of Greece | |
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Location | |
Country | Greece |
Metropolitan | Exempt directly to the Holy See |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Greek Byzantine Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 11 June 1932 |
Cathedral | Holy Trinity Cathedral in Athens |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Manuel Nin |
The Apostolic Exarchate of Greece is a
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or
apostolic exarchate of the
Catholic Church in
Greece. As there are no
metropolitan sees in the Greek Byzantine Church, it is
exempt directly to the
Holy See and the
Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
The cathedra is in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the episcopal see of Athens, with a titular bishop responsible for the entire Greek Byzantine Catholic community in Greece.
It was established on 11 June 1932 as the Apostolic Exarchate of Greece, from territory split off from the then Apostolic Exarchate of Turkey of Europe (meaning European Turkey), now the Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul. The Greek Byzantine Catholic bishop of European Turkey, George Cavassy, became the new bishop of the Greek Catholic Exarchate of Greece.