The Macedonian Byzantine Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite sui juris Eastern Catholic Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church which uses the Macedonian language in the liturgy.
The Macedonian Church consists of a single Apostolic Exarchate .[ gci 1]
History [ edit ] An Apostolic Exarch was appointed for Macedonia as early as 1883 until 1922/1924[ gci 2] [ cha 1] Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church .[ 1] World War I and the foundation of Yugoslavia , the Exarchate was absorbed into the Eparchy of Križevci . The Holy See has since 2001 appointed the Latin Bishops of Skopje as the Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia . [ cnewa 1] Byzantines of Križevci in 2008.[ 2]
Statistics [ edit ] As of 2010, the Church's membership was estimated at approximately 15,037 faithful, with one bishop, 7 parishes, 11 priests, and 18 religious sisters.[ cnewa 2]
Year
Members
Priests
Parishes
2000
10,000
10
8
2001
6,320
9
5
2002
11,000
8
5
2003
11,367
8
5[ cha 1]
2004
11,367[ cnewa 3]
9
5[ cha 1]
2005
11,398
9
5[ cnewa 3]
2006
11,483
8
5[ cnewa 4]
2007
11,491
8
5[ cnewa 5]
2008
15,175
10
6[ cnewa 6]
2009
15,041
11
7[ cnewa 7]
2010
15,037
11
7[ cnewa 2]
References [ edit ]
^ Кратка история на Католическата апостолическа екзархия. (In English: A conscise history of the Catholic Apostolic Exarchate - retrieved from the official website of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church on January 16, 2012.) ^ Roberson, Ronald G. "Eastern Catholic Statistics 2008" (PDF) . Eastern Catholic Statistics . cnewa.org. Retrieved 16 August 2012 .
^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia" . All Dioceses . catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 10 January 2012 .
^ a b Roberson, Ronald G. "Greek Catholic Churches in Former Yugoslavia" . Eastern Catholic Churches . Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 11 January 2012 . ^ a b c Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2010 Statistics" (PDF) . Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved September 2010 . ^ a b Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2005 Statistics" (PDF) . Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 11 January 2012 . ^ Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2006 Statistics" (PDF) . Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 11 January 2012 . ^ Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2007 Statistics" (PDF) . Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 11 January 2012 . ^ Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2008 Statistics" (PDF) . Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 11 January 2012 . ^ Ronald Roberson. "The Eastern Catholic Churches 2009 Statistics" (PDF) . Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 11 January 2012 .
^ a b c "Macedonian Church" . Catholic Dioceses in the World . GCatholic. Retrieved 11 January 2012 . ^ a b c "Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia" . Catholic Dioceses in the World . GCatholic. Retrieved 11 January 2012 .
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