Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa

The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa – Crimea was established on 11 January 2002 from the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod (which has now become the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych). It has been divided on 13 February 2014, in Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa and Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea. The only archiepiscopal exarch was Archbishop Vasyl Ivasiuk, now transferred transfer to the see of the eparchy of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians.

Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa
Location
CountryUkraine
TerritorySouthern Ukraine
HeadquartersOdessa, Ukraine
Information
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic
RiteByzantine
EstablishedJuly 28, 2003
CathedralSt. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Odessa
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk
Metropolitan ArchbishopMykhaylo Bubniy, C.Ss.R., Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa
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They are two of the only five archiepiscopal exarchates which exist in the world, all part of the particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and following the Byzantine 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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