On May 12 the Holy Father Francis has elevated the eparchy of Sao Joao Batista in Curitiba of the Ukrainians to the rank of archieparchy, with the same title. He appointed Bishop Volodymyr Kovbych, O.S.B.M., previously bishop of the same eparchy, as first metropolitan and archbishop.
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