Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje

Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje
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Location
Country  Macedonia
Territory Republic of Macedonia
Ecclesiastical province Immediately subject to the Holy See
Headquarters Strumica
Statistics
Area 25,713 km2 (9,928 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2015)
2,100,000
11,374 (0.54%)
Parishes 8
Information
Sui iuris church Macedonian Byzantine-Catholic Church
Rite Byzantine
Established January 11, 2001
Cathedral Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica
Patron saint the Blessed Virgin Mary
Secular priests 16
Language Macedonian
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Kiro Stojanov
Website
Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje

The Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje is an eparchy of the Macedonian Byzantine-Catholic Church situated in the Republic of Macedonia. The eparchy is an Immediately subject to the Holy See.

History

  • January 11, 2001: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia for the Macedonians from the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.
  • May 31, 2018: Elevated in the rank of an Eparchy as the Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje.[1]

Eparchial bishops

The following is a list of the Apostolic Exarchs and the Eparchial Bishops of the eparchy and their terms of service:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Elevazione dell’Esarcato Apostolico per i fedeli cattolici di rito bizantino residenti nella ex-Repubblica Jugoslava di Macedonia ad Eparchia e nomina del primo Vescovo Eparchiale. the Holy See Press Service (in Italian). 2018-05-31.



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