Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv
Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Territory | Northern-Eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv, Poltava, and Sumy Oblasts) |
| Headquarters | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Population - Catholics (including non-members) | ? |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | April 2, 2014 |
| Cathedral | St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Kharkiv |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Vasyl Tuchapets, O.S.B.M, Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv |
| Map | |
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The Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv (Latin: Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Charcoviensis) was established on 2 April 2014 after division of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk – Kharkiv in two Exarchates . The current, and first, Archiepiscopal Exarch is Bishop Vasyl Tuchapets, O.S.B.M.
It is one of only five archiepiscopal exarchates worldwide - all of them being Ukrainian Rite.
Status as Archiepiscopal Exarchate[]
As Major Archbishops have similar authority to that of Patriarchs, Archiepiscopal Exarchates similarly have roughly the same status in canon law as Patriarchal Exarchates.
References[]
External links[]
- GCatholic.org information page about the Archiepiscopal Exarchate
- Profile at catholic-hierarchy.org [self-published]
Coordinates: 48°00′00″N 37°48′00″E / 48.0000°N 37.8000°E
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