Diocese of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 (Ukrainian Rite)

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (English) / Sanctorum Petri et Pauli Melburnen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Melbourne

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1958.05.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Australia
1982.06.24: Promoted as Diocese of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (English) / Sanctorum Petri et Pauli Melburnen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Melbourne)

Contact Info

Address: 35 Canning Street, North Melbourne, VIC 3051, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9320 2560

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.01.15 – ...):

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R. (45)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian Rite)

Cardinal Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R. (45)
(2020.01.15 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea
Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

Пресвятая Богородице, спаси нас

Born:	1980.02.13 (Ternopil, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	2005.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.06.07
Created Cardinal:	2024.12.07

Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia) (2020.01.15 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea (2024.12.07 [2025.06.22] – ...)

Bishop Peter Stasiuk, C.SS.R.
(1992.12.16 – 2020.01.15)

Хай буде воля Твоя

Born:	1943.07.16 (Roblin, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.03.09
Died:	2025.08.13 (Winnipeg, MB, Canada † 82)

Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia) (1992.12.16 – 2020.01.15)

Bishop Ivan Prasko
(1982.06.24 – 1992.12.16)

Born:	1914.05.01 (Zbaraz, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1939.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.10.19
Died:	2001.01.28 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Zygris (1958.05.10 – 1982.06.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Australia of the Ukrainians (Australia) (1958.05.10 – 1982.06.24)

Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia) (1982.06.24 – 1992.12.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Australia (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Ivan Prasko
(1958.05.10 – 1982.06.24)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sts Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (22)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 36,600 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes

Personnel: 20 priests (diocesan), 5 deacons, 10 religious (10 sisters), 2 seminarians

Ukrainian Diocese of

Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne