Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile

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The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile
Basic information
Location London, England
Geographic coordinates Coordinates: 51°30′48″N 0°09′02″W / 51.51343, -0.150657
Religious affiliation Ukrainian Greek Catholic
District Mayfair, London
Year consecrated 1968
Ecclesiastical status Cathedral
Leadership Fr Irineu Kraiczyi, O.S.B.M.
Website [7]
Architectural description
Architect(s) Alfred Waterhouse
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Italianate Classical
Specifications
Capacity 900
Materials Hard brick and buff terracotta

The Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile (Ukrainian: УКРАЇНСЬКА КАТОЛИЦЬКА КАТЕДРА "ПРЕСВ. СКИТАЛЬЧОЇ РОДИНИ" y Лондоні, Апостольський екзархат у Великобританії) is the cathedral of the Ukrainain Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate in Great Britain. [1] Though independent from the authority of the Latin Rite hierarchy in England and Wales, and instead under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Catholic apostolic exarch (currently vacant), territorially, the cathedral is considered to be part of the Marylebone deanery of the Latin Rite Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster.[2]


It is the named for the Holy Family, during their flight into Egypt. It is located at Duke Street (off Oxford Street), Mayfair, London, England. The building is temporarily closed to worshippers following the collapse of part of the ceiling on 13 August 2007.[3] Fortunately, the icon screen created by a Ukrainian monk, Juvenalij Mokrytsky, was not affected by the ceiling's collapse. [4]

The building it occupies was designed by Alfred Waterhouse in 1891 for occupation by the Congregational King's Weigh House. They sold it to the Catholic Church in 1967.

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[edit] Clergy

Below are resident clergy at the cathedral: [5]

  • Very Revd Benjamin Lysykanych (Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain)
  • Fr Irineu Kraiczyi, O.S.B.M. (Parish Priest and Administrator of the Cathedral)
  • Fr Pedro Navochadla, O.S.B.M. (Assistant to the Administrator of the Cathedral)
  • Revd Dr Athanasius McVay, O.S.B.M.

[edit] Divine Liturgy Schedule

Service times are Mon-Sat 07.00, 18.15 and Sun 10.00, 12.00 (Source:Camden Borough Council)

[edit] Trivia

W. E. Orchard used to be the congregationalist minister of the King's Weigh House from 1914 to 1932, and eventually converted to Catholicism in 1932. He was known as a progressive, and even ordained women priests in the very chapel which later became the current cathedral. [6]

[edit] See also

[edit] Citations

  1. ^ Structure of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church [1]
  2. ^ Parish details: Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile[2]
  3. ^ Cathedral collapse sparks exodus [3]
  4. ^ London Churches[4]
  5. ^ Clergy of the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile [5]
  6. ^ Free Catholicism and Liberal Catholicism[6]

[edit] External links

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