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