Eparchy of Mukachevo

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The Eparchy of Mukachevo is a historic Byzantine Catholic diocese in the Carpathian region, traditionally serving Ruthenian (Rusyn) faithful and playing a key role in the development of the Greek Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Eparchy of Mukachevo canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Catholic eparchy
Eastern Catholic diocese
Ruthenian Greek Catholic jurisdiction
belongsTo Byzantine tradition of the Catholic Church
cathedral Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Mukachevo
churchSuiIuris Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
communionWith Holy See
Pope
country Ukraine
currentJurisdictionOf Ukraine
dateOfUnionWithRome 1646
denomination Catholic Church
establishedAsEparchy 18th century
hasClericalCelibacyTradition married clergy permitted
historicalImportance key center for development of Greek Catholicism in Central Europe
key center for development of Greek Catholicism in Eastern Europe
historicalJurisdictionOf Czechoslovakia
Habsburg monarchy
Kingdom of Hungary
Soviet Union
historicallyServedEthnicGroup Hungarians
Romanians
Slovaks
historicalRegion Carpathian Ruthenia
Transcarpathia
linked to: Zakarpattia Oblast
isPartOf Eastern Catholic Churches
liturgicalTradition Byzantine liturgical tradition
locatedInCity Mukachevo
locatedInCountry Ukraine
locatedInOblast Zakarpattia Oblast
metropolitanStatus immediately subject to the Holy See
origin Union of Uzhhorod
partOf Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
primaryLiturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic
Rusyn
linked to: Rusyn language

Ukrainian
primaryTerritory Zakarpattia Oblast
region Carpathian region
rite Byzantine Rite
seat Mukachevo
servesEthnicGroup Rusyns
Ruthenians
Ukrainians
suiIurisChurch Byzantine Catholic Church
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
tradition Ruthenian Byzantine tradition
typeOfHierarchy non-metropolitan eparchy
unionWithRome Union of Uzhhorod
usesCalendar Julian calendar
Revised Julian calendar

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