Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk

Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
Coat of arms of Donetsk
Location
Country	Ukraine
Territory	Eastern Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhya Oblasts)
Headquarters	Donetsk (temporary in Zaporizhya), 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., Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk

The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk is oe of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite, Ukrainian language)'s five Archiepiscopal Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction under a Major Archbishop) in Eastern Ukraine.

Church of the Holy Mother of God

Further information: Exarch

The current, and first, archiepiscopal exarch is Bishop Stephan Meniok, C.S.S.R..

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Virgin of Mercy, in Donetsk.

History

It was established on 11 January 2002 as the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k – Kharkiv, on territory split off from the then Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod (which became the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych).

On 2 April 2014 the Exarchate was renamed as Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk, having lost territory to establish the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Ukrainian language Constantinian Rite)

Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donetsk–Kharkiv

Stephan Meniok, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (2002.01.11 – 2014.04.02 'see below), Titular Bishop of Acarassus (2002.01.11 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop Wasyl Ihor Medwit, Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M.) (2009.03.17 – 2013.10.25), emeritus; previously Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1994.03.30 – 1996.09.30), Titular Bishop of Hadriane (1994.03.30 – ...), Apostolic Visitor in Kazakhstan and Central Asia of the Ukrainians (1996.09.30 – 2002.10), Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv–Vyshhorod of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1997.09.20 – 2004.12.06), Bishop of Curia of the Ukrainians (2004.12.06 – 2009.03.17)

Archiepiscopal Exarchs of Donetsk

Stephan Meniok, C.SS.R. (see above 2014.04.02 – ...)

Sources and External links

Circumscriptions of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Major Archeparchy	Kiev–Galicia

Metropolitan Archeparchy	Kyiv Lviv Przemyśl – Warsaw Winnipeg Philadelphia Ivano-Frankivsk Ternopil – Zboriv São João Batista em Curitiba

Eparchy	Ukraine Buchach Kamyanets-Podilskyi Kolomyia – Chernivtsi Sambir – Drohobych Sokal – Zhovkva Stryi Poland Wrocław - Gdańsk Canada Edmonton Saskatoon New Westminster Toronto United States Saint Nicholas of Chicago Saint Josaphat in Parma Stamford Brazil Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis Argentina Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires Australia Saints Peter and Paul of Australia Great Britain Holy Family of London France, Benelux and Switzerland Saint Wladimir-Le-Grand de Paris

Apostolic Exarchate	Germany and Scandinavia

Archiepiscopal Exarchate	Donetsk Kharkiv Krym Odessa Lutsk

defunct circumscriptions	Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna (Poland) Eparchy of Zboriv (Ukraine)

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

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