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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
The
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
(UGCC) (Українська Греко-Католицька Церква (УГКЦ),
Ukrains'ka Hreko-Katolyts'ka Tserkva
) is an
Eastern Rite Catholic church
in
full communion
with the
Holy See
. It is the largest
particular church
(
sui juris
) in the Catholic Church. The
primate
of the church holds the office of
Archbishop-Major
of
Kyiv
-
Halych
and All Rus, though the
hierarchs
of the church have acclaimed their primate "
Patriarch
" and have requested Papal recognition of, and elevation to, this title. The church is one of the successor
churches
to the
acceptance of Christianity
by
Grand Prince
Vladimir the Great
of
Kiev
, in 988. The church has followed the spread of the
Ukrainian diaspora
and now has some 40 hierarchs in over a dozen countries on four continents, including three other
metropolitan bishops
in
Poland
, the
United States
, and
Canada
. The head of the church is Major Archbishop
Sviatoslav Shevchuk
, since March 2011.
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