Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk

The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk is one 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.

Church of the Holy Mother of God
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Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
Coat of arms of Donetsk exarchate
Location
Country Ukraine
TerritoryEastern Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhya Oblasts)
HeadquartersDonetsk (temporary in Zaporizhya), Ukraine
Population
- Catholics
8,000
Information
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic
RiteByzantine
EstablishedJanuary 11, 2002
CathedralCatholic Cathedral in Donetsk
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk
Metropolitan ArchbishopStepan Meniok, C.Ss.R., Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
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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 Archeparchy of Kyiv).

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 – ...)


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