Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne

Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian) Eparchia Sanctorum Petri et Pauli Melburnensis Ucrainorum
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
Ecclesiastical province	Melbourne (Latin)
Metropolitan	Immediately subject to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kiev
Coordinates
Statistics
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2009) n/a 32,500 (n/a%)
Parishes	10
Information
Denomination	Ukrainian Catholic
Rite	Byzantine
Established	10 May 1958 as Apostolic Exarchate of Australia; 24 June 1982 as Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Patriarch	Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Eparch	Peter Stasiuk C.SS.R.
Website
Ukrainian Catholic Church: Australia,New Zealand and Oceania

The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne is a Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic eparchy (diocese) of the Catholic Church in Australia based in Melbourne and suffragan of its Latin Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne.

The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, in North Melbourne, Victoria, is the episcopal see of the eparch, currently Petro Stasiuk CSSR.

Status and jurisdiction

Like all Catholic dioceses in Australia, the eparchy is a member of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference. The Roman Catholic Church is made up of the Latin or Western Catholic church and 21 Eastern Catholic particular churches sui iuris, one of which is the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The eparchy is non-geographic, but demographic in that it has jurisdiction wherever Ukrainian Greeks are found in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Oceania. It has 21 churches and more schools, nursing homes and other institutions in Australia and New Zealand.

History

The (Oriental) eparchy was created on 10 May 1958 as the Apostolic Exarchate of Australia, for the faithful of the Ukrainian language Byzantine Rite, then exempt (directly subject to the Holy See). It cased to depend directly on the Holy See after it was elevated to an eparchy (diocese) on 24 June 1982 and made a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan (Latin) Archbishop of Melbourne.

Parishes

Australia

• In Victoria, parishes are located in North Melbourne (Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul), Wodonga (Church of St Olha), Ardeer (The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin), Geelong (Protection of the Mother of God) and Noble Park (Misson of Blessed Mykolay Charnetsky).
• In New South Wales, parishes are located in Lidcombe (St Andrew's Church), Wollongong (St Volodymyr's), Newcastle (Protection of the Mother of God), and Queanbeyan (St Michael's).
• In the Australian Capital Territory, a parish is located in Canberra (Church of St Volodymyr).
• In South Australia, parishes are located in Wayville (Protection of the Mother of God) and Woodville (Saints Volodymyr and Olha War Memorial Church).
• In Queensland, a parish is located in Brisbane (Protection of the Mother of God).
• In Western Australia, parishes are located in Perth (St John the Baptist) and Northam (Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin).
• In Tasmania, parishes are located in Hobart (The Transfiguration of our Lord) and Launceston (Holy Family Church)

New Zealand

Church services are held in

• Auckland (Mother of Perpetual Help Church).
• Christchurch (St Peter’s Church)
• Wellington (Sacred Heart Cathedral chapel)

Ordinaries

The following individuals have been appointed Apostolic Exarch and/or elected as Ukrainian Eparch of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne:

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
1	Ivan Prasko † Redemptorists	Apostolic Exarch of Australia (Ukrainian)	10 May 1958	24 June 1982		Elevated as Bishop of Ss Peter & Paul of Melbourne
		Eparch (Bishop) of Ss Peter & Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), titular bishop of Zygris	24 June 1982	16 December 1992		Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Ss Peter & Paul of Melbourne
2	Peter Stasiuk C.Ss.R.	Eparch of Ss Peter & Paul of Melbourne	16 December 1992	present		n/a

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Australia
• Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

External links

• Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australian, New Zealand and Oceania
• GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links