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
TerritoryNorthern-Eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv, Poltava, and Sumy Oblasts)
HeadquartersKharkiv, Ukraine
Population
- Catholics
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Information
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic
RiteByzantine
EstablishedApril 2, 2014
CathedralSt. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Kharkiv
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk
Archiepiscopal ExarchVasyl 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.

In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Tuchapets described the social reality of his diocese in the following terms. “We started our work with our Greek Catholic Church faithful, made up mostly of former university students who remained in Kharkiv, and by former deportees to Siberia, but now most parishioners are locals who have found their faith through contact with our parishes. I think our task is to plough, to prepare the ground, after us come those who will sow, and the next generations will already reap."[1]

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.

References
  1. ACN (10 October 2022). "Ukraine: Priests should not be afraid". ACN International. Retrieved 17 November 2022.


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