Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ss Peter and Paul
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Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian) Eparchia Sanctorum Petri et Pauli Melburnensis Ucrainorum |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | Australia, New Zealand and Oceania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Melbourne (Latin) |
| Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kiev |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°47′47″S 144°56′39″E / 37.79639°S 144.94417°E |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2009) n/a  32,500 (n/a%) |
| Parishes |
 10 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | 10 May 1958 as Apostolic Exarchate of Australia; 24 June 1982 as Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Peter & St. 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 Peter Stasiuk CSSR.
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.
The eparchy began on 10 May 1958 as the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in Australia, New Zealand & Oceania. (Apostolic exarchs, like apostolic visitors, are "exempt", that is, they are responsible to the Holy Roman See. They are usually in missionary areas where the ordinary infrastructure of eparchies or dioceses is scanty.)
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