Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk | |
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Territory | Eastern Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhya Oblasts) |
Hauptsitz | Donetsk (temporary in Zaporizhya), Ukraine |
Population - Catholics | 8,000 |
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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 |
Archiepiscopal Exarch | Stepan Meniok, C.Ss.R., Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk |
Auxiliary Bishops | Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B. |
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The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk (Latin: Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Doneckiensis) 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.
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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Virgin of Mercy, in Donetsk. There is a Basilian monastery at Zvanivka, in the north of Donetsk Oblast.
The current, and first, archiepiscopal exarch is Bishop Stepan Meniok, C.Ss.R.
History
[edit]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
[edit]- Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donetsk–Kharkiv
- Stepan Meniok, C.SS.R. (2002.01.11 – 2014.04.02 see below), Titular Bishop of Acarassus (2002.01.11 – ...)
- Auxiliary Bishop Wasyl Ihor Medwit, 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
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