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The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk is oe of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite, Ukrainian language)'s five Archiepiscopal Exarchate (Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction under a Major Archbishop) in Eastern Ukraine.
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The current, and first, archiepiscopal exarch is Bishop Stephan Meniok, C.S.S.R..
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Virgin of Mercy, in Donetsk.
History
It was established on 11 January 2002 as the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donets’k – Kharkiv, on territory split off from the then Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod (which became the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych).
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.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all Ukrainian language Constantinian Rite)