Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje

Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje
Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica
Location
Country	North Macedonia
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Headquarters	Strumica
Statistics
Area	25,713 km2 (9,928 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2015) 2,100,000 11,374 (0.54%)
Parishes	8
Information
Sui iuris church	Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine
Established	January 11, 2001
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in Strumica
Patron saint	the Blessed Virgin Mary
Secular priests	16
Language	Macedonian
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Kiro Stojanov
Website
Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje

The Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje is the only eparchy of the Macedonian Greek Catholic Church. It is situated in North Macedonia. The eparchy is an Immediately subject to the Holy See.

History[]

• January 11, 2001: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia for the Macedonians from the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.
• May 31, 2018: Elevated in the rank of an eparchy (diocese) as the Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed in Strumica-Skopje.^[1]

Eparchial bishops[]

The following is a list of the Apostolic Exarchs and the Eparchial Bishops of the eparchy and their terms of service:

• 11 January 2001 – 15 April 2005: Joakim Herbut, Bishop of Skopje
• since 20 July 2005: Kiro Stojanov, Bishop of Skopje

See also[]

• Catholic Church in North Macedonia
• Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
• Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
• Albanian Greek Catholic Church
• Greek Byzantine Catholic Church

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• GCatholic.org information on the eparchy
• Profile at the Catholic Hierarchy
• Official website (in Macedonian)