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Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa
Ukrainian Catholic missionary jurisdiction in south western Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – 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–Galicia). It has been divided on 13 February 2014, in Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa (Latin: Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Odessana) 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 Odesa | |
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Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Territory | Southern Ukraine |
Headquarters | Odesa, Ukraine |
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Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Rite | Byzantine |
Established | July 28, 2003 |
Cathedral | St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Odesa |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Archiepiscopal Exarch | Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.Ss.R. |
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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.