The Macedonian Greek Catholic Church or Macedonian Byzantine Catholic Church is a sui juris Eastern Catholic church in full union with the Catholic Church, which uses the Macedonian language in its liturgy. The Macedonian Greek Catholic Church comprises a single eparchy, the Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica-Skopje.

History An apostolic exarch was appointed for Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia as early as 1883 and lasting until 1922/1924 as part of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church.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.) After the end of World War I and the foundation of Yugoslavia, the Vicariate was absorbed into the Eparchy of Križevci.

In January 2001, a separate Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia was formed for Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in North Macedonia. It was separated from the Eparchy of Križevci and constituted as directly subject to the Holy See.Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 93 (2001), p. 339. On the same day (11 January 2001), the Holy See appointed the Latin bishop of Skopje as the first Apostolic Exarch of North Macedonia.Acta Apostolicae Sedis, 94 (2002), p. 152.

Statistics , the church's membership was estimated at approximately 11,374 faithful, with one bishop, 8 parishes, 16 priests, and 18 religious sisters. Year Members Priests Parishes 2000 10,000 10 8 2001 6,320 9 5 2002 11,000 8 2003 11,367 5 2004 11,367 9 2005 11,398 5 2006 11,483 8 5 2007 11,491 5 2008 15,175 10 6 2009 15,041 11 7 2010 15,037 7201611,336168201711,374

Hierarchs Apostolic exarchs Lazar Mladenov (1883–1895), Titular bishop of Satala Epiphany Shanov (1895–1922 or 1924), Titular bishop of Livias Joakim Herbut (2001–2005), Latin Church bishop of Skopje Kiro Stojanov (2005–2018), Latin Church bishop of Skopje

Eparchs of Strumica Kiro Stojanov (2018–present), Latin Church Bishop of Skopje

See also

Catholic Church in North Macedonia

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References

External links Eparchy of Križevci Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia (2001- ) on Catholic Hierarchy Article on Greek Catholics in Former Yugoslavia by Ronald Roberson on the CNEWA website