| | [[File:St. George's Cathedral, Lviv, Ukraine.jpg|thumb|[[Saint George's Cathedral, Lviv|St. George's Cathedral]], [[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]].]] | | [[File:St. George's Cathedral, Lviv, Ukraine.jpg|thumb|[[Saint George's Cathedral, Lviv|St. George's Cathedral]], [[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]].]] |
| − | The '''Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church''' (''Українська греко-католицька церква'' in [[Ukrainian]], transcribed ''Ukraïnska hreko-katolitska tserkva'') is the largest of the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] in full communion, [[sui iuris]], with the [[Holy See]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]]. It separated from Roman obedience in 1054, after the [[Great Schism]], but was readmitted in 1596. The primacy of this Church, in union with the [[Pope]], rests with the so-called ''Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych and All Russia'', although the Ukrainian hierarchy has called for it to be elevated to [[Patriarch]]. | + | The '''Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church''' (''Українська греко-католицька церква'' in [[Ukrainian]], transcribed ''Ukraïnska hreko-katolitska tserkva'') or '''Uniate''' is the largest of the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]] in full communion, [[sui iuris]], with the [[Holy See]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]]. It separated from Roman obedience in 1054, after the [[Great Schism]], but was readmitted in 1596. The primacy of this Church, in union with the [[Pope]], rests with the so-called ''Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych and All Russia'', although the Ukrainian hierarchy has called for it to be elevated to [[Patriarch]]. |
| | This Church is geographically dispersed, with 40 [[eparchy|eparchies]] in a dozen countries across four continents, including three metropolitans in [[Poland]], the [[United States]], and [[Canada]]. | | This Church is geographically dispersed, with 40 [[eparchy|eparchies]] in a dozen countries across four continents, including three metropolitans in [[Poland]], the [[United States]], and [[Canada]]. |