The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor
Churches to the
acceptance of Christianity by
Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (
Ukrainian Volodymyr) of
Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. UGCC is the largest
Eastern Rite sui juris particular church in
full communion with the
Holy See, and is directly subject to the
Pope. The
Primate of the Church, in union with the Pope, holds the office of
Archbishop-Major of
Kiev-
Halych and All Rus, though the
hierarchs of the church have acclaimed their primate "
Patriarch" and have requested Papal recognition and elevation. The Church is now geographically quite widespread, having some 40 hierarchs in over a dozen countries on four continents, including three other
metropolitans in
Poland, the
United States, and
Canada, the head of the church is
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar.
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