Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve

Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve Eparchia Munkacsiensis
Location
Country	Ukraine
Statistics
Population - Total	(as of 2010) 380,000
Parishes	402
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church (Eastern Catholic)
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	September 19, 1771
Cathedral	Holy Cross Cathedral
Patron saint	Blessed Theodore Romzha
Secular priests	261
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Milan Šašik
Auxiliary Bishops	Nil Lushchak, OFM
Website
www.mgce.uz.ua

The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo is an eparchy (diocese) associated with the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church under an unidentified status and territory located in the west of Ukraine, roughly equivalent with Zakarpatska Oblast. The eparchy was created by the Pope Clement XIV in 1771.

The eparchy is in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Its parishes observe the Byzantine Rite which is also celebrated by the majority of Orthodox Christians, and as provided for in the original terms of the Union of Uzhhorod.

The eparchy is a mother eparchy of at least three modern metropoles, i.e., the Slovak Greek Catholic Church, the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, and the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, as well as the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church in the United States.

Some historians believe that the origins of the eparchy are to be found in the missionary work of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the ninth century. The 14th century saw the founding of the famous Saint Nicholas Monastery on "Chernecha Hora" or "Hill of Monks" located in the city of Mukacheve. Many believe that from that point, the Eparchy of Mukacheve evolved into the entity as we know it today. The bishops resided at the Monastery and administered ecclesiastical affairs from there until 1766. After the union with Rome and until 1946, the Monastery of St Nicholas was also the principal religious house of the monks of the Order of Saint Basil the Great (OSBM), also called Basilian monks.

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