Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Greece
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The Apostolic Exarchate of Greece is a Greek Byzantine Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic exarchate of the Catholic Church in Greece. As there are no metropolitan sees in the Greek Byzantine Church, it is exempt directly to the Holy See and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
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Apostolic Exarchate of Greece | |
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Location | |
Country | Greece |
Metropolitan | Exempt directly to the Holy See |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Greek Byzantine Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 11 June 1932 |
Cathedral | Holy Trinity Cathedral in Athens |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Manuel Nin |
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The cathedra is in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the episcopal see of Athens, with a titular bishop responsible for the entire Greek Byzantine Catholic community in Greece.