Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia
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The Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia was a short-lived (1931-44) pre-diocesan Eastern Catholic (notably Byzantine Rite, Ukrainian language)) jurisdiction in three parts of present Ukraine.
History
- Established in 1931 as Apostolic Exarchate of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia / Wolhynien, Polissia und Pidliashia (in German)
- Suppressed in 1944 after Stalin's Red Army reconquered the area.
Its only incumbent was :
- Blessed Bishop Mykola Czarneckyj, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (born Ukraine), Apostolic Exarch of Volhynia, Polesia and Pidliashia of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1939 – 1944), Titular Bishop of Lebedus (1931.01.16 – death 1959.04.02).
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