Eastern Rite Catholics in Montenegro
- Eastern Rite Catholics in Montenegro
Byzantine Rite Catholics in Montenegro are a minority community of Eastern Christian tradition.
According to [http://www.cnewacanada.ca/ecc-bodypg-ca.aspx?eccpageID=73&IndexView=toc CNEWA Canada] Catholics of the Byzantine Rite number over 20 000 persons in the regions of Montenegro and Serbia:
In 2003 an Apostolic Exarchate was created for Greek Catholics in Serbia and Montenegro, headed by Bishop Djura Džudžar (born 1954, appointed 2003). It has 21 parishes and 22,720 faithful, consisting mostly of a group of ethnic Rusyn Greek Catholics in the region of Vojvodina. [http://www.cnewacanada.ca/ecc-bodypg-ca.aspx?eccpageID=73&IndexView=toc]
See also
*Eastern Catholic Churches
*Eastern Orthodoxy
*Roman Catholicism in Montenegro
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