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 – ...):

Bishop Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R. (44)

Ordinaries

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

Bishop Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R. (44)
(2020.01.15 – ...)

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

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

Bishop Peter Stasiuk, C.SS.R. (81)
(1992.12.16 – 2020.01.15)

Bishop emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

Хай буде воля Твоя

Born:	1943.07.16 (Roblin, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.03.09

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 (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
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

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