Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv

The Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv (Latin: Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Charcoviensis) was established on 2 April 2014 after division of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk – Kharkiv in two Exarchates . The current, and first, Archiepiscopal Exarch is Bishop Vasyl Tuchapets, O.S.B.M.

Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv
Location
Country	Ukraine
Territory	Northern-Eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv, Poltava, and Sumy Oblasts)
Headquarters	Kharkiv, Ukraine
Population - Catholics (including non-members)	?
Information
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite	Byzantine
Established	April 2, 2014
Cathedral	St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Kharkiv
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Metropolitan Archbishop	Vasyl Tuchapets, O.S.B.M, Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv
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It is one of only five archiepiscopal exarchates worldwide - all of them being Ukrainian Rite.

Status as Archiepiscopal Exarchate

As Major Archbishops have similar authority to that of Patriarchs, Archiepiscopal Exarchates similarly have roughly the same status in canon law as Patriarchal Exarchates.

References

External links

• GCatholic.org information page about the Archiepiscopal Exarchate
• Profile at catholic-hierarchy.org ^{[self-published]}