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The Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland (Poland of the Eastern Rite) (Polish Ordynariat dla wiernych obrządku wschodniego) is the

Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful An ordinariate for the faithful of Eastern rite is a geographical ecclesiastical structure for Eastern Catholic communities in areas where no eparchy of their own particular Church has been established. This structure was introduced by the apostol ...

(pseudo-diocesan

Eastern Catholic The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (''sui iuris'') particular churches of ...

jurisdiction alongside a country's Latin hierarchy) for the members of non-Latin rite-specific

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es ''sui iuris'' in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

, excepting

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , native_name_lang = uk , caption_background = , image = StGeorgeCathedral Lviv.JPG , imagewidth = , type = Particular church (sui iuris) , alt = , caption = St. George's ...

, which had its own church structure and Catholic Church of the Byzantine-Slavic rite, emerged in a Roman Catholic structure.

History

In September 18, 1981, it was established as Ordinariate of Poland for Greek and

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

Catholics by

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(Greek presumably referring to all

Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. The canonical hours a ...

Catholic churches), detached from the Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of Warszawa, but vested in that see, whose incumbents were all created Cardinal. On 16 January 1991, following the erection of two Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchies, the Ordinariate assumed its current name and limited its jurisdiction. Since 2007 147 faithful of the Catholic Church of the Byzantine-Slavic rite (Neouniate Church) belonged to the parish of Kostomłoty were entrusted to the pastoral care of the Latin bishop of

Siedlce Siedlce [] ( yi, שעדליץ ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). The city is situated b ...

. In fact, therefore, since all Byzantine ritual parishes have now been excluded, the jurisdiction of the ordinary is exercised only on those of the Armenian rite. From a Archbishop Nycz's decree on 1 December 2009, the Ordinariate obtained jurisdiction over three churches, all of them belonging to the Armenian rite.

Territory and statistics

The ordinariate is exempt, directly dependent on the

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(not part of any

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and the

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). It is headquartered in

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(the

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and its ordinary is the

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hierarch of the

Archdiocese of Warsaw The Archdiocese of Warsaw is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Poland encompassing the Polish capital. It was erected on October 16, 1798. It was elevated to an Archdiocese on June 30, 1813. A Metropolitan See, its suffragan di ...

Parishes

There are three parishes in the Ordinariate: * Armenian-Catholic Southern Parish in Gliwice (Holy Trinity Church) * Armenian Catholic Parish in Warsaw (Church of Saint Gregory of Narek) * Armenian Catholic Northern Parish in Gdańsk (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) As per 2014, its pastorally served 670 Eastern Catholics in 3 parishes and 2 missions with 4 diocesan priests.dziedzictwo.ormianie.pl
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Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Ordinaries of Poland of the Eastern Rite'' *

Józef Glemp Józef Glemp (18 December 192923 January 2013) was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Warsaw from 1981 to 2006, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. Biography Early life and ordination Józef Glemp was b ...

(1981.09.18 – 2007.06.09) *

Kazimierz Nycz Kazimierz Nycz (born 1 February 1950) is a Polish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Warsaw since 2007. He was Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg from 2004 to 2007, after serving more than fifteen years as auxiliary bishop ...

(2007.06.09 – ...)

Sources

Annuario Pontificio The ''Annuario Pontificio'' ( Italian for ''Pontifical Yearbook'') is the annual directory of the Holy See of the Catholic Church. It lists the popes in chronological order and all officials of the Holy See's departments. It also provides name ...

, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, .

References

External links and sources

GCatholic, with Google map

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