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Churches sui iuris Deprived of Hierarchy
Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris “entrusted to hierarchs (not of the Rite) who preside over (the Church) as per the norms of common and particular laws” (hierarchs locum tenens) are those which were never formally organized with a hierarchy or have only vacant Sees.
Belarusan Greek-Catholic Church
The hierarchical jurisdiction, the Apostolic Exarchate for the Byzantine Belarusan Catholics, is sede vacante and has been since after WWII, when the Church was suppressed and the repose in exile of Bishops Cheslav Sipovich, MIC, and Vladimir Tarasevitch, OSB, both of blessed memory, the last Byzantine Belarusan hierarchs. The Church’s rights were restored in 1989, but the See has not been reconstituted.
Right Reverend Father Archimandrite Sergius Gajek, MIC, is presently Apostolic Visitator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis for Greek-Catholics in Belarus and Right Reverend Father Archimandrite Alexander Nadson, MIC, is Apostolic Visitator for Belarusan Greek-Catholics Outside Belarus.
Georgian Greek-Catholic Church
The Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul for the Byzantine Georgian Catholics has been sede vacante since the martyrdom in odium fidei of the Servant of God Father Archimandrite and Exarch Shio Batmanishviii, of thrice-blessed memory, by the Communists in 1937.
His Excellency Bishop Louis Pelâtre, AA, [Latin] Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul is locum tenens. The viability of the Church is in question. There is a single parish and less than 500 faithful, but at last report there are no clergy of the Church and the pastoral care of the faithful is in the hands of other Byzantine clergy in the city.
Russian Greek-Catholic Church
This Church has two canonical jurisdictions with no formal canonical relationship between the two, and neither’s hierarch was ever singularly designated as presiding. Thus, they technically constitute separate Churches sui iuris, although they represent a single entity for purposes of counting such Churches.
The jurisdictions are:
The Apostolic Exarchate of Moscow for Byzantine Russian Catholics in Russia and the Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin for Russian Byzantines and All Oriental Rite Catholics in China. Both are sede vacante since the martyrdom in odium fidei of their incumbents, Blessed Father Archimandrite & Exarch Kliment Sheptitsky and the Servant of God Father Archimandrite & Exarch Fabian Abrantovic, MIC, both of thrice-blessed memory, under the Communists. The Church’s last hierarch, Bishop Andrei Katkov, of blessed memory, an episcopus ordinans without jurisdiction, reposed in 1996.
(Technically, the Albanian Greek-Catholic Church is also of this category, as an Apostolic Administrator, is not a presiding hierarch in the strictest definition of that phrase.)
Communities with Jurisdictions but without sui iuris Status
There are a small number of other ethnic communities of Eastern Catholics that have never been formally accorded their own sui iuris status but have distinct jurisdictions within various sui iuris Churches. These principally are the Czechs, Macedonians, Serbians, and Montenegrons.
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Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris “entrusted to hierarchs (not of the Rite) who preside over (the Church) as per the norms of common and particular laws” (hierarchs locum tenens) are those which were never formally organized with a hierarchy or have only vacant Sees.
Belarusan Greek-Catholic Church
The hierarchical jurisdiction, the Apostolic Exarchate for the Byzantine Belarusan Catholics, is sede vacante and has been since after WWII, when the Church was suppressed and the repose in exile of Bishops Cheslav Sipovich, MIC, and Vladimir Tarasevitch, OSB, both of blessed memory, the last Byzantine Belarusan hierarchs. The Church’s rights were restored in 1989, but the See has not been reconstituted.
Right Reverend Father Archimandrite Sergius Gajek, MIC, is presently Apostolic Visitator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis for Greek-Catholics in Belarus and Right Reverend Father Archimandrite Alexander Nadson, MIC, is Apostolic Visitator for Belarusan Greek-Catholics Outside Belarus.
Georgian Greek-Catholic Church
The Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul for the Byzantine Georgian Catholics has been sede vacante since the martyrdom in odium fidei of the Servant of God Father Archimandrite and Exarch Shio Batmanishviii, of thrice-blessed memory, by the Communists in 1937.
His Excellency Bishop Louis Pelâtre, AA, [Latin] Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul is locum tenens. The viability of the Church is in question. There is a single parish and less than 500 faithful, but at last report there are no clergy of the Church and the pastoral care of the faithful is in the hands of other Byzantine clergy in the city.
Russian Greek-Catholic Church
This Church has two canonical jurisdictions with no formal canonical relationship between the two, and neither’s hierarch was ever singularly designated as presiding. Thus, they technically constitute separate Churches sui iuris, although they represent a single entity for purposes of counting such Churches.
The jurisdictions are:
The Apostolic Exarchate of Moscow for Byzantine Russian Catholics in Russia and the Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin for Russian Byzantines and All Oriental Rite Catholics in China. Both are sede vacante since the martyrdom in odium fidei of their incumbents, Blessed Father Archimandrite & Exarch Kliment Sheptitsky and the Servant of God Father Archimandrite & Exarch Fabian Abrantovic, MIC, both of thrice-blessed memory, under the Communists. The Church’s last hierarch, Bishop Andrei Katkov, of blessed memory, an episcopus ordinans without jurisdiction, reposed in 1996.
(Technically, the Albanian Greek-Catholic Church is also of this category, as an Apostolic Administrator, is not a presiding hierarch in the strictest definition of that phrase.)
Communities with Jurisdictions but without sui iuris Status
There are a small number of other ethnic communities of Eastern Catholics that have never been formally accorded their own sui iuris status but have distinct jurisdictions within various sui iuris Churches. These principally are the Czechs, Macedonians, Serbians, and Montenegrons.
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