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The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk ( la, Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Doneckiensis) is one of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (
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
GCatholic.org with incumbent biography links
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Donetsk Culture in Donetsk {{UkrainianGreekCatholic-diocese-stub
Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople.
Th ...
, Ukrainian language)'s five Archiepiscopal Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction under a Major Archbishop) in Eastern Ukraine.
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 Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
.
The current, and first, archiepiscopal exarch is Bishop Stepan Meniok
Bishop Stepan Meniok, C.Ss.R. ( uk, Степан Меньок; born 19 August 1949 in Nakonechne, Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as an Archiepiscopal Exarch of Ukrainian Catholic Arch ...
, C.Ss.R.
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
History
It was established on 11 January 2002 as the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k – Kharkiv, on territory split off from the thenArchiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod
The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese ( archeparchy) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in the central part of Ukraine. The ordinary ...
(which became the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv
The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese (archeparchy) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a particular Eastern Catholic Church, that is located in the central part of Ukraine. The ordinary is ...
).
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
The Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kharkiv ( la, 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 ...
.
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Archiepiscopal Exarch of Donetsk–Kharkiv * Stepan Meniok,C.SS.R.
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
(2002.01.11 – 2014.04.02 'see below''), Titular Bishop of Acarassus (2002.01.11 – ...)
** Auxiliary Bishop Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M.
The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...
(2009.03.17 – 2013.10.25), emeritus; previously Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians
The Archeparchy of Lviv is a metropolitan archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
History Eparchy of Halych (1156 – 1406)
The eparchy was established as the Orthodox Eparchy of Halych suffragan to Metropolitan of Kiev at some tim ...
(Ukraine) (1994.03.30 – 1996.09.30), Titular Bishop of Hadriane (1994.03.30 – ...), Apostolic Visitor in Kazakhstan and Central Asia of the Ukrainians (1996.09.30 – 2002.10), Archiepiscopal Exarch
An exarch (;
from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.
In the late Roman Empire and ea ...
of 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
GCatholic.org with incumbent biography links
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Donetsk Culture in Donetsk {{UkrainianGreekCatholic-diocese-stub