Pope Benedict XVI has raised the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in Great Britain to the level of an eparchy -- or diocese -- and named the U.S. bishop who had been its exarch to be the eparchial bishop, the Saint Elias Church (Toronto) website reports today (January 19, 2013).
The new diocese will be known as the Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, the Vatican announced on January 18.
Bishop Hib Lonchyna, 58 -- a native of Steubenville, Ohio who had served as apostolic exarch for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain since 2011 -- continues, but with the new title, the Vatican said.
According to Vatican statistics, there are now more than 10,000 Ukrainian Greek Catholics in the United Kingdom, and they are served by 12 diocesan priests.
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