Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
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The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk (
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
C.Ss.R.
History
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
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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
- Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donetsk–Kharkiv
- Stepan Meniok, Titular Bishop of Acarassus(2002.01.11 – ...)
- 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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