The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa – Crimea (also known as the was established on the 11th January, 2002 from the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod (which has now become the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych. The current, and first, archiepiscopal exarch is Archbishop Vasyl Ivasiuk. It is one of the only three archiepiscopal exarchates which exist in the world - all being Ukrainian Rite.
As Major Archbishops have similar authority to that of Patriarchs, Archiepiscopal Exarchates similarly have roughly the same status in canon law as Patriarchal Exarchates.
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