Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
| Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk – Kharkiv | |
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.svg.png) Coat of arms of Donetsk–Kharkiv | |
| Location | |
| Territory | Eastern Ukraine |
| Headquarters | Donetsk and Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Population - Catholics |
8,000 |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | January 11, 2002 |
| Cathedral | Catholic Cathedral in Donetsk |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Stephan Meniok, C.S.S.R., Archbishop of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk – Kharkiv |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Bazyli Medwit, O.S.B.M |
The Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k – Kharkiv was established on 11 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 Stephan Meniok, C.S.S.R.. It is one of the only two archiepiscopal exarchates which exist in the world - both being Ukrainian Rite.
Status as Archiepiscopal Exarchate
Church of the Holy Mother of God
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.
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