Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
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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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Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk | |
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Country | Ukraine |
Territory | Eastern Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhya Oblasts) |
Headquarters | 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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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.