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	?
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

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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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church circumscriptions

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) Kholm Eparchy (Poland) Eparchy of Zboriv (Ukraine)

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

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