Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh (Ruthenian Uniate Church)
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The Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh (also known as "Lutsk–Ostroh of the Ukrainians" and in Latin as "Luceorien(sis) et Ostrogien(sis) Ruthenorum") was an eparchy in the Ruthenian Uniate Church (1594-1636, 1702-1795 and 1789-1839). It was a suffragan eparchy (equivalent to a diocese in the Latin Rite) of the Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia. It was situated in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Today, the territory of the eparchy is located in the north-western part of the modern state of Ukraine; it encompassed the oblasts (provinces) of Volyn Oblast and Rivne Oblast. From 1921 to 1973, the eparchy was a titular see of the Eastern Catholic Church.[1]
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Remarkably, its Latin title always called it 'Ruthenian', which is now a distinct Byzantine rite Eastern Catholic (then 'Uniate') particular church sui iuris.
In the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — the successor to the Ruthenian Unite Church, the current exarchate of Lutsk may be considered to be the successor of the eparchy. As an exarchate, it only has a pre-diocesan rank. It was erected in 2008 on territory split from the metropolitan Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia.