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A 40-year-old bishop serving in Argentina has been elected to lead the Ukrainian Catholic Church: the largest Eastern Church in communion with the Holy See.

Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the apostolic administrator of the Eparchy of the Protection of the Blessed Mary in Buenos Aires, was elected by the 40 bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Synod on March 23. The results of the election were not announced to the public until Pope Benedict XVI confirmed the choice on March 25. The new Major Archbishop will be enthroned in Kyiv on March 27. Read the story here.