Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Territory | Northern-Eastern Ukraine (Kharkiv,Poltava, andSumy Oblasts) |
| Headquarters | Kharkiv,Ukraine |
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| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | April 2, 2014 |
| Cathedral | St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Kharkiv |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Archiepiscopal Exarch | Vasyl Tuchapets,O.S.B.M, Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv |
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TheArchiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv (Latin:Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Charcoviensis) was established on 2 April 2014 after division of theUkrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk – Kharkiv in two Exarchates . The current, and first, Archiepiscopal Exarch isBishopVasyl Tuchapets,O.S.B.M.
It is one of only five archiepiscopal exarchates worldwide - all of them beingUkrainian 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]
AsMajor Archbishops have similar authority to that ofPatriarchs, Archiepiscopal Exarchates similarly have roughly the same status in canon law as Patriarchal Exarchates.
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