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{{short description|Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy in Great Britain and Ireland}}
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|name              = Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy<br> of the Holy Family of London
|latin             = Eparchia Sanctae Familiae Londiniensis
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|title = {{center|Name in other languages}}
|{{center| Єпархія Пресвятої Родини у Лондоні {{in lang|uk}}}}
|{{center| Yeparkhiya Presvyatoyi Rodyny u Londoni {{in lang|uk}}}}}}
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|caption           = [[Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile]], Duke Street, London.
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|country           = [[United Kingdom]]
|metropolitan      = [[Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia|Major Archeparch of Kyiv-Galicia]]
|territory         = Entirety of [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]]
|province          = Not part of any [[ecclesiastical province]]
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|area_km2          = 229,848<!-- Area in square kilometers, automatically converted -->
|population        = 60,003,000
|population_as_of  = 2014
|catholics         = 15,000<!-- Number of Catholics in the diocese -->
|catholics_percent = 0.025
|parishes          = 18<!-- Number of parishes in the diocese -->
|churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
|congregations     = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
|schools           = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
|members           = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
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|denomination      = [[Catholic Church]]
|sui_iuris_church  = [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Greek Catholic]]
|rite              = [[Byzantine Rite]]
|established       = 10 June 1957
|cathedral         = [[Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile|Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile]]
|cocathedral       =
|patron            = [[Holy Family]]
|priests           = 17<!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
<!---- Current leadership ---->
|pope              = [[Leo XIV]]
|major_archbishop  = [[Sviatoslav Shevchuk]]
|bishop            = [[Kenneth Nowakowski]]
|bishop_title      = Eparch
|metro_archbishop  =
|coadjutor         =
|auxiliary_bishops =
|vicar_general     =
|emeritus_bishops  = [[Hlib Lonchyna]]
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|website           = [https://www.ucc-gb.com/]
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The '''Eparchy of the Holy Family of London''' ({{langx|uk|Єпархія Пресвятої Родини у Лондоні}}; {{langx|la|Eparchia Sanctae Familiae Londiniensis}}) is an [[eparchy]] of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] which is an [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic Church]] that is in [[full communion]] with the [[Holy See]]. Its territorial remit includes the entirety of the islands of [[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]]. The [[episcopal seat]] is the [[Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile|Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile]] which is situated in the city of [[London]]. The incumbent eparch, [[Kenneth Nowakowski]], was appointed on 15 January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc-gb.com/eparch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112225108/https://www.ucc-gb.com/eparch|access-date=12 January 2022|archive-date=12 January 2022|publisher=Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London|location=[[London]]|title=Eparch - Bishop}}</ref>

Initially erected as an [[exarchate]], it gained eparchial status (equivalent to a [[diocese]] in the [[Latin Church]]) on 18 January 2013. Due to the comparatively small number of faithful in the eparchy, fewer services, such as schools and care centres, are provided.

==History==
===Antecedents===
Since the late 19th century many Ukrainians have migrated to England, most notably to [[London]] and the Red Bank area of [[Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=448&documentID=506&pageNumber=19 |title=Multi-Cultural Manchester : Polish |publisher=Manchester City Council |page=19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111091702/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=448&documentID=506&pageNumber=19 |archive-date=11 January 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> These migrants have been known as 'old immigrants', or ''stari emihranty''.

After the [[Second World War]] more migrants came to the [[British Isles]]{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} from Eastern Europe, among them numerous [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Catholics]], as most of the Ukrainian immigrants were from [[Ukraine|Western Ukraine]]. Initially, many of the Eastern European Catholics worshipped in industrial hostels, as these were common locations where immigrants found cheaper accommodation. Some also worshipped in local Latin Church parish churches, but not in their Byzantine liturgy.

However, eventually, Ukrainian Greek Catholics were able to organize worship in their own Byzantine liturgy, often in the local Latin Church parish church. In [[Coventry]], by 1948, the Church of Christ the King in [[Coundon]] started having Ukrainian Catholic services. These were soon transferred to St Elizabeth Church in Foleshill.{{sfn|Stephens|1969|pp=368–371}} In 1957, the Apostolic Exarchate was established for Ukrainian Catholics in England and Wales.

[[File:Ukrainian Catholic Church, Manningham - geograph.org.uk - 433665.jpg|thumb|upright|Church of the Most Holy Trinity and Our Lady of Pochaiv, [[Bradford]], West Yorkshire]]

===Apostolic Exarchate===
The eparchy was erected on 10 June 1957 as an [[apostolic exarchate]] for the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in [[England]] and [[Wales]]. On 12 May 1968 the exarchate's remit was extended to the whole of [[Great Britain]], including [[Scotland]] (not Northern Ireland).

By 1959, over 700 Ukrainian Catholics had registered themselves in Coventry. In the [[English Midlands|Midlands]], there was a Ukrainian Catholic priest celebrating Ukrainian-rite services for the Ukrainian faithful in [[Coventry]], as well as in [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], [[Gloucester]], [[Bristol]], [[Birmingham]] and [[Cheltenham]].

With the help of Cardinal [[John Carmel Heenan|John Heenan]], Bishop Hornyak was able to secure the [[King's Weigh House]], a former [[Congregational church|Congregational]] chapel,<ref>{{harvnb|Kaye|1968|page=}}{{page needed|date=May 2017}}</ref> to serve as the Apostolic Exarchate's [[cathedral church]] - the [[Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile]] in [[London]].

After [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] independence in 1991 emigrants have been attracted to prosperous western countries, principally those with qualifying skills, with a close inter-relation (such as intermarriage) and qualifying political asylum seekers entitled to refugee status, such as in the mid-2010s war, which have included Ukrainian Catholics.<ref>[http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/major.religions/greek.catholic/historical.survey/ The Ukrainian Greek Catholics: A Historical Survey] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050420013442/http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/major.religions/greek.catholic/historical.survey/ |date=20 April 2005 }}</ref>

===Eparchy===
[[File:Wolverhampton Ukrainian Catholic Church.jpg|thumb|Church of Saints Volodymyr and Olha, [[Wolverhampton]], West Midlands]]
On 18 January 2013 the Exarchate was elevated in the rank of the [[Eparchy]] (full bishopric) by Pope [[Benedict XVI]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rt Rev Hlib Lonchyna Apostolic Eparch for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain |url=http://www.cbcew.org.uk/CBCEW-Home/The-Bishops/Ukrainian-Eparch |website=The Catholic Church in England and Wales |access-date=16 February 2019 |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927054413/http://www.cbcew.org.uk/CBCEW-Home/The-Bishops/Ukrainian-Eparch |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Ukrainian Catholic church in [[Wolverhampton]] was included as part of a video series by [[English Heritage]] on faith buildings in England.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_4650000/newsid_4658200/4658244.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=4658244&bbcws=1 |title=Wolverhampton's Ukrainian church |publisher=[[BBC Online]]}}</ref>

On 9 June 2023, the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family in London, according to the decree of Bishop [[Kenneth Nowakowski|Kenneth]], {{ill|Reform of the church calendar in Ukraine|lt=switches|uk|Реформа церковного календаря в Україні|display=1}} from 1 September 2023 to the [[Gregorian calendar]], in particular with [[Easter]].<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|language=uk|url=https://ugcc.ua/data/eparhiya-presvyatoy-rodyny-v-londoni-perehodyt-na-grygorianskyy-kalendar-2951/|title=Єпархія Пресвятої родини в Лондоні переходить на григоріанський календар|website=Українська Греко-Католицька Церква|accessdate=2023-06-10}}</ref><ref name=":20">{{Cite web|language=en|url=https://www.ucc-gb.com/eparchialnews?lightbox=dataItem-lipyh2f8|title=EPARCHIAL NEWS|website=ukrainianchurch|accessdate=2023-06-10}}</ref>

==Statistics==
The number of faithful in the Eparchy (diocese) numbers 10,000. There are 12 parishes regularly served, 14 diocesan priests, 3 religious priests, 3 male religious and 3 female religious.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holy Family of London (Ukrainian Eparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlouk.html |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>

==Charitable status==
The Eparchy (formerly Apostolic Exarchate) for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain is a registered charity with the [[Charity Commission]] in England and Wales, under charity number 240088. It was first registered as a charity on 9 July 1965. Its stated aim is 'the advancement of religion at discretion of the bishop and his successors in title or the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Great Britain'.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/Showcharity.asp?chyno=240088 |title=Extract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales}}{{clarification needed|date=May 2017}}</ref>

==Division over views on a Kyiv Patriarchate==
[[File:Oldham Ukrainian Catholic Church.jpg|thumb|upright|Church of SS Mary and James, [[Oldham]], Greater Manchester]]
There has, for a long time, been different views among [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Catholics]] on the idea of a Kyiv Patriarchate, replacing the Major Archdiocese.{{sfn|Sulyk|2004|p=402}}

Hornyak was the first apostolic exarch, was known to have sided with those who did not believe that it would be appropriate for the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church – who was then Cardinal [[Josyf Slipyj]] – to be commemorated as Patriarch until the [[Pope]] would agree to elevate the Major Archdiocese to a Patriarchate.{{sfn|Sulyk|2004|p=403}}

Since most of the faithful in the Apostolic Exarchate were patriotic and nationalist veterans of the [[Ukrainian Army]], which was created in resistance to the German occupational forces, most supported the idea of a Patriarchate. They were therefore disappointed by the Bishop [[Augustine Hornyak|Hornyak]]'s decision. Many showed their opposition through withholding their donations to the Church. A few Ukrainian Catholic priests came from [[Rome]] and began to celebrate [[Divine Liturgy]] privately in the faithful's homes commemorating the Major Archbishop as Patriarch – an act which angered Bishop Hornyak.

However, some people chose even more extreme methods of expressing their disagreement with Bishop Hornyak. For example, on 18 December 1977, when Bishop Hornyak went to [[Gloucester]] to open the new Ukrainian Catholic church, he was met by around 500 demonstrators who ignored the police cordon line and attacked him, bruising his face and crushing his glasses. This forced him to retreat back into his car.<ref>[http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1977/2897708.shtml "Ukrainian Catholics Reportedly Clash With Bishop Hornyak in England"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060520022751/http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1977/2897708.shtml |date=20 May 2006 }}</ref>{{sfn|Hebblethwaite|1986|p=133}}

[[Stephen Sulyk]], [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia|Archbishop Metropolitan Emeritus for Ukrainian Catholics in Philadelphia]], wrote in his autobiography, ''I Am With You Always'', that Bishop Hornyak was eventually forced into retirement due to pressure from the Patriarchal Organization – which advocated a Kyiv Patriarchate – and the [[Ukrainian Catholic Major Archdiocese of Kiev-Halych|Major Archbishop of Lviv]], [[Cardinal (church)|Cardinal]] [[Myroslav Lubachivsky]] (Sulyk's predecessor) unfairly due to his backing of Vatican policies. However, many supporting the creation of a Kyiv Patriarchate viewed Bishop Hornyak's retirement as a good sign.{{sfn|Sulyk|2004|p=403}}

==Bishops==
[[File:Chomnycky london cathedral.jpg|300px|thumb|Former apostolic exarch [[Paul Patrick Chomnycky]] celebrating [[Divine Liturgy]] at Farm Street Catholic Church, [[London]] to the regular cathedral congregation, on 26 August 2007, after the roof of the [[Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile]] collapsed.]]

When the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in England and Wales was first established in 1957, it was administered by the then [[Archbishop of Westminster]], Cardinal [[William Godfrey]]. Bishop [[Augustine Hornyak]] was ordained as [[auxiliary bishop]] in 1961. Upon the death of Cardinal Godfrey in 1963, Augustine Hornyak was elevated to Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in England and Wales. In 1968, with the enlargement of the Apostolic Exarchate to include [[Scotland]] as well, Bishop Hornyak became the first Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in Great Britain. He has been succeeded by two other bishops.

On 2 June 2009, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] named Bishop [[Hlib Lonchyna]], [[Studite Brethren|M.S.U.]], who had been an auxiliary to Cardinal [[Lubomyr Husar]] in Kyiv-Halych, as [[Apostolic Administrator]] of Great Britain and [[Apostolic Visitor]] in Ireland, which for all intents and purposes made him the new ordinary. In 2011, he was appointed [[Apostolic Exarch]], and with the elevation of the Exarchate to the status of an Eparchy, Lonchyna became her first eparchial bishop.

{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#fada5e;" colspan="4"| Apostolic Exarchs for Ukrainians in Great Britain
|- align=center
!  style="background:#ffffec; width:9%;"|From
!  style="background:#ffffec; width:9%;"|Until
!  style="background:#ffffec; width:32%;"|Incumbent
!  style="background:#ffffec; width:45%;"|Notes
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#ffffec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| 1957
| style="text-align:center;"| 1963
| ''[[William Godfrey]]'' ''(Apostolic administrator)''
|<small>[[Archbishop of Westminster]] (1956–1963)</small>
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#ffffec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| 1963
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| '''[[Augustine Hornyak]], [[O.S.B.M.]]'''
|<small>Formerly [[auxiliary bishop]] of the Exarchate (1961–1963)</small>
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#ffffec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989
| ''[[Michel Hrynchyshyn|Michael Hrynchyshyn]], [[C.S.S.R.]]'' ''(Apostolic administrator)''
|<small>Apostolic Exarch of [[Apostolic Exarchate in France, Benelux and Switzerland for the Ukrainians|France, Benelux and Switzerland]] (1982–2012)</small>
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#ffffec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| '''[[Michael Kuchmiak]], [[C.S.S.R.]]'''
|<small>Formerly auxiliary bishop of [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] (1988–1989)</small>
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#ffffec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006
| '''[[Paul Patrick Chomnycky]], [[O.S.B.M.]]'''
|<small>Subsequently Eparch of [[Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford|Stamford]] (2006–present)</small>
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#ffffec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| '''[[Hlib Lonchyna]], [[Studite Brethren|M.S.U.]]'''
|<small>Formerly auxiliary bishop of [[Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych|Kyiv-Halyč]] (2004–09) and of [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv|Lviv]] (2002–04). Became the first eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Holy Family of London.</small>

|}

{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#fada5e;" colspan="4"| Eparchial bishops of the Eparchy of Holy Family of London
|- align=center
!  style="background:#ffffec; width:9%;"|From
!  style="background:#ffffec; width:9%;"|Until
!  style="background:#ffffec; width:32%;"|Incumbent
!  style="background:#ffffec; width:45%;"|Notes
|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#ffffec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:center;"| 2019
| '''[[Hlib Lonchyna]], [[Studite Brethren|M.S.U.]]'''
|<small>Served previously as Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in Great Britain</small>

|-  style="vertical-align:top; background:#ffffec;"
| style="text-align:center;"| 2020
| style="text-align:center;"| present
| '''[[Kenneth Nowakowski]]'''
|<small>Was Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada, 2007-2020</small>
|}

==Cathedral church==
[[File:Collapsed Ukrainian Cathedral.jpg|thumb|upright|Collapsed roof of the [[Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile]], [[London]]]]
{{main|Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile}}
Named for the [[Holy Family]], the cathedral was established in 1967 in an 1890 [[Alfred Waterhouse]] building.  The edifice was the third home of an independent church founded in the 17th century, the [[King's Weigh House]] congregationalists, which dissolved after terminal decline in 1966. The cathedral is the seat of the Eparch (bishop) and is in Mayfair, [[London]]. It has a regular congregation of around 1000. Clerics are eparchial secular priests.

==Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish churches in Great Britain==
{{further|Parishes of the Eparchy of Holy Family of London for Ukrainians}}

==See also==
* [[Ukrainian migration to the United Kingdom]]
* [[Catholic Church in England and Wales]]
* [[Catholic Church]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Hebblethwaite |first=Peter |year=1986 |title=Inside the Vatican |place=London |publisher=[[Sidgwick & Jackson]] }}
* {{cite book |last=Kaye |first=Elaine |year=1968 |title=The King's Weigh House Church |place=London |publisher=George Allen and Unwin }}{{page needed|date=May 2017}}
* {{cite book |chapter-url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol8/pp368-371 |editor-last=Stephens |editor-first=WB |year=1969 |chapter=The City of Coventry: Roman Catholicism |title=A History of the County of Warwick |volume=8, the City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick |place=London |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] for the [[University of London]] [[Institute of Historical Research]] |series=[[Victoria County History]] |pages=368–371 }}
* {{cite book |last=Sulyk |first=Stephen |year=2004 |title=I Am Always With You |publisher=Pleasant Word |isbn=978-1414100623}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London}}
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/grea1.htm GCatholic.org information page on the Apostolic Exarchate/Eparchy]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgbuk.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org information on the Apostolic Exarchate]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=issrFieSyt0&NR=1 Youtube video of Cardinal Lubomyr Husar's visit to London]
* [https://ugcc.ua/pub/files/2023-06-09_Decree_Gregorian_Calendar_UKR.pdf Decree of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family in London on the transition to the Gregorian calendar dated June 9, 2023]
** [https://www.ucc-gb.com/_files/ugd/91bf91_e458b6913ec749feaa35f286cb9ab0ee.pdf Pastoral letter regarding the liturgical calendar reform from Bishop Kenneth]

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