Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk
Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk | |
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Coat of arms of Donetsk exarchate | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Territory | Eastern Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhya Oblasts) |
| Headquarters | Donetsk (temporary in Zaporizhya), Ukraine |
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| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | January 11, 2002 |
| Cathedral | Catholic Cathedral in Donetsk |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Archiepiscopal Exarch | Maksym Ryabukha, S.D.B. Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk |
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The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk (Latin: Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Doneckiensis) is one of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite, 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 first archiepiscopal exarch was Bishop Stepan Meniok, C.Ss.R., who retired in 2024. He was replaced by Bishop Maksym Ryabukha.