Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa

Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa
Location
Country	Ukraine
Territory	Southern Ukraine
Headquarters	Odessa, Ukraine
Information
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite	Byzantine
Established	July 28, 2003
Cathedral	St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Odessa
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.S.S.R., Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa

The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa – 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-Halych). It has been divided on 13 February 2014, in Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa and Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Crimea. The only archiepiscopal exarch was Archbishop Vasyl Ivasiuk, now transferred transfer to the see of the eparchy of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi 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

Further information: Exarch

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 Odessa (Ukrainian)
• GCatholic.org information page about the Archiepiscopal Exarchate
• Українська Греко-Католицька Церква: Синод єпископів УГКЦ розділив Одесько-Кримський екзархат
• Holy See Press Office: Other pontifical acts February 13, 2014