Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
| Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk | |
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.svg.png) Coat of arms of Donetsk exarchate | |
| Location | |
| Country |
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| 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 | Stepan Meniok, C.Ss.R., Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk |
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The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk is oe of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite, Ukrainian language)'s five Archiepiscopal Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction under a Major Archbishop) in Eastern Ukraine.
The current, and first, archiepiscopal exarch is Bishop Stepan Meniok, C.Ss.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
- Stepan 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
Coordinates: 48°00′00″N 37°48′00″E / 48.0000°N 37.8000°E