The
Ukrainian Catholic Ukrainian Catholic Church may refer to:
* Latin Church in Ukraine
* Greek Catholic Churches (Eastern Catholic communities of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Ukraine, in communion with the Church of Rome)
** Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
**Ukrai ...
''Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – Crimea'' was established on 11 January 2002 from the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod (which has now become the
Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia
The Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia, or Kyiv–Halych, is the only major archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The cathedral church, the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, was finished in 2013 in Kyiv.
Hist ...
). It has been divided on 13 February 2014, in Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa ( la, Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Odessana) and
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea
The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym ( la, Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Crimenses) was established on 13 February 2014 from the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – Crimea.
Because of the Annexation of Crimea ...
. The only archiepiscopal exarch was
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
Vasyl Ivasiuk
Bishop Vasyl Ivasyuk ( uk, Василь Івасюк; born 21 January 1960 in Dora, Stanislav Oblast, Ukrainian SSR /present day Yaremche, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine/) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian ...
, now transferred transfer to the see of the eparchy of
Kolomyia-
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...
of the Ukrainians.
They are two of the only five archiepiscopal exarchates which exist in the world, all part of the particular
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and following the Byzantine
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.
External links
Catholic Hierarchy – Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa (Ukrainian)* [http://www.ugcc.od.ua/the-news/135-2014-02-15-21-02-04 Українська Греко-Католицька Церква: Синод єпископів УГКЦ розділив Одесько-Кримський екзархат]
Holy See Press Office: Other pontifical acts February 13, 2014
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...
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