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Apostolic Exarchate of Greece | |
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Location | |
Country | Greece |
Metropolitan | Exempt directly to the Holy See |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Greek Byzantine Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | 11 June 1932 |
Cathedral | Holy Trinity Cathedral in Athens |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Manuel Nin |
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The cathedra is in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the episcopal see of Athens, with a titular bishop responsible for the entire Greek Byzantine Catholic community in Greece.
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