Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland
{{Short description|Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Poland}}
{{Third-party|date=September 2024}}
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|bishop = Adrian Joseph Galbas
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|emeritus_bishops = Kazimierz Nycz
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[[File:Ressacramiser.JPG|thumb|180px|Armenian Parochial Church of
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The Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Poland (Polish Ordynariat dla wiernych obrządku wschodniego) is the Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful (an Eastern Catholic jurisdiction within a country's Latin Church hierarchy) for the members of Eastern Catholic particular churches sui iuris in Poland without their own jurisdiction. Currently it serves only Armenian Catholics in 3 parishes.
History
In September 18, 1981, it was established as the Ordinariate of Poland for Byzantine Rite and Armenian Catholics by Pope John Paul II. The ordinariate was separate from the Archdiocese of Warszawa but vested in that see.{{Cn|date=July 2021}}
On 16 January 1991, following the erection of two Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchies, the ordinariate assumed its current name and limited its jurisdiction.{{Cn|date=July 2021}}
{{As of|2007}}, 147 faithful of the Catholic Church of the Byzantine Catholics who belonged to a parish of Kostomłoty were entrusted to the pastoral care of the Latin Bishop of Siedlce.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kostomloty.com/historia_naszej_parafii |title=kostomloty.com/ |access-date=2018-04-23 |archive-date=2013-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729042628/http://www.kostomloty.com/historia_naszej_parafii |url-status=dead }}
Since Archbishop Nycz's decree on 1 December 2009, the ordinariate maintained jurisdiction over three churches, all for Armenian Catholics.[http://www.ordynariat.ormianie.pl/images/dekret_2009_11_20.pdf Decreto]
Territory and statistics
The ordinariate is exempt, directly dependent on the Holy See (not part of any ecclesiastical province and the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches). It is headquartered in Warsaw (the primatial see and its ordinary is the Latin hierarch of the Archdiocese of Warsaw.{{Cn|date=July 2021}}
= Parishes =
As of 2024, there are three parishes in the Ordinariate:
- Armenian-Catholic Southern Parish in Gliwice (Holy Trinity Church)
- Armenian Catholic Central Parish in Warsaw (Church of Saint Gregory of Narek)
- Armenian Catholic Northern Parish in Gdańsk (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul)[http://ordynariat.ormianie.pl/index.php/ordynariat/ordynariat-sub ordynariat.ormianie.pl]
As per 2014, its pastorally served 670 Eastern Catholics in 3 parishes and 2 missions with 4 diocesan priests.[https://archive.today/20131008014723/http://dziedzictwo.ormianie.pl/Nowy_duszpasterz_Ormian dziedzictwo.ormianie.pl]
Episcopal ordinaries
- Józef Glemp (1981.09.18 – 2007.06.09)
- Kazimierz Nycz (2007.06.09 – 2025.03.08)
- Adrian Joseph Galbas (2025.03.08-present)
Sources
- Annuario Pontificio, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, {{ISBN|88-209-7422-3}}.
References
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External links and sources
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pola0.htm GCatholic, with Google map]
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dorpl.html Catholic-hierarchy.org]
- [http://www.ordynariat.ormianie.pl ordynariat.ormianie.pl]
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{{coord missing|Masovian Voivodeship}}
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Category:Ordinariates for Eastern Catholic faithful
Category:Eastern Catholicism in Poland