Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv

Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv
Location
Country Ukraine
Territory Northern-Eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv, Poltava, and Sumy Oblasts)
Headquarters Kharkiv, Ukraine
Population
- Catholics

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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

The Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv 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

Further information: Exarch

As Major Archbishops have similar authority to that of Patriarchs, Archiepiscopal Exarchates similarly have roughly the same status in canon law as Patriarchal Exarchates.

Coordinates: 48°00′00″N 37°48′00″E / 48.0000°N 37.8000°E / 48.0000; 37.8000

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