page_title: Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy
section_title: Pre-History
hierarchical_section_title: Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy / Pre-History
context_page_description: The Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy is an Apostolic Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church covers its faithful in Italy.
context_section_description: At the end of the 20th century, Greek Catholics had only three churches in Italy. They all were in Rome. However, with the onset of emigration from Ukraine to Italy, thousands of people arrived for which mission stations were established. On 16 October 2001, by agreement between Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Episcopal Conference of Italy was appointed pastoral coordinator, Rev. Vasyl Potochnyak, with a task to coordinate these missionary stations. Also on 14 January 2003 was appointed Apostolic visitor, bishop Hlib Lonchyna, who was deputed to investigate circumstance of the Ukrainian faithful in country, and to submit a report to the Holy See and to the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He was replaced by bishop Dionisio Lachovicz in 2009.
caption: Santa Sofia a Via Boccea, Ukrainian Greek Catholic minor basilica in Rome
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