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 |
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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
Categories:
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Eastern Catholic exarchates
- Culture in Kharkiv
- Eastern Catholic diocese stubs
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church stubs