Apostolic Exarchate of Italy, Italy 🇮🇹 (Ukrainian Rite)

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Apostolic Exarchate

Name: Italy / Italiæ (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris (↖), Deutschland und Skandinavien (↑)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

2019.07.11: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Italy / Italiæ (Latin)

Papal Visits

Pope Paul VI (1969.09)
Pope Francis (2018.01)

Present Prelates

Apostolic Exarch:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.03.07 – ...):	Bishop Hryhoriy Komar (49) Titular Bishop of Acci

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of Italy (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Hryhoriy Komar (49)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.03.07 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M. (79)
(2020.10.24 – 2025.03.07)

Apostolic Exarch emeritus of Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy)

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Born:	1946.07.02 (Pombas, SE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.26

Protoarchimandrite of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (1996 – 2004.07.16)

Bishop of Curia of the Ukrainians (2005.12.21 – 2009.01.19)

Titular Bishop of Egnatia (2005.12.21 – 2020.10.24)

Apostolic Visitator in Italy and Spain of the Ukrainians (2009.01.19 – 2016.06.09)

Apostolic Visitator in Italy of the Ukrainians (2016.06.09 – 2019.07.11)

Apostolic Delegate for Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy) (2019.09.05 – 2020.10.24)

Apostolic Exarch of Italy of the Ukrainians (Italy) (2020.10.24 – 2025.03.07)

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.07.11 – 2020.10.24)

Former Prelates

Apostolic Delegate: Bishop Paulo Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M. (79) (2019.09.05 – 2020.10.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cattedrale di Santi Sergio e Bacco degli Ucraini, Roma, Roma, Lazio
Minor Basilica: Basilica di Santa Sofia, Roma, Roma, Lazio
World Heritage Site (Minor): Chiesa Santi Simone e Giuda, Firenze, Firenze, Toscana
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (8)

Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris (↖), Deutschland und Skandinavien (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 68,470 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 2 parishes, 171 missions

Personnel: 105 priests (88 diocesan, 17 religious), 85 religious (26 brothers, 59 sisters), 4 seminarians

Ukrainian Apostolic Exarchate of

Italy