Archbishop's Exarchate Donetsk
| Archbishop's Exarchate Donetsk | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Archbishop Exarch | Stepan Menjok CSsR |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Wassylij Medwit OSBM |
| Parishes | 33 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 100,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Diocesan priest | 27 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,704 |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
| cathedral | Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God |
| Website | ugcc.dn.ua |
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The Donetsk Archbishop's Exarchate is an Archbishop's Exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church located in the Ukraine and based in Donetsk .
history
The Archbishop's Exarchate Donetsk-Kharkiv was established on January 11, 2002 by Pope John Paul II from cession of territory from the Apostolic Exarchate Kiev-Vyshhorod . The first exarch was Stepan Menjok CSsR .
On April 2, 2014, the Archbishopric Exarchate Donetsk-Kharkiv was divided into the Archbishopric Exarchates Donetsk and Kharkiv .
The Donetsk Archbishop's Exarchate includes the oblasts of Dnipropetrovsk , Donetsk , Luhansk , Poltava , Zaporizhia and Sumy .
structure
The Exarchate is divided into four deaneries:
- Dean's office Dnipro with parishes in Dnipro, Baliwka , Kamjanske , Kryvyi Rih , Nikopol , Pershotravensk , Preobraschenka and Verkhnodniprovsk
- Dekanat Kramatorsk with parishes in Kramatorsk, Jakowliwka , Kostiantynivka , Krynyzi , Kutscheriw Jar , Myrnohrad , Nowodonezke , Nowospassiwka , Petriwka , Pokrowsk , Rosdoliwka , Saparo-Marjiwka , Slavyansk , Starowarwariwka , Swaniwka and Werchnjokamjanske
- Deanery of Zaporozhye with parishes in Zaporozhye, Andriivka , Azov , Berdjansk , Enerhodar , Kostjantyniwka , Lasurne , Matwijiwka , Melitopol , Orlowe , Prymorsk , Snihuriwka , Svyatotrojitske and Tokmak
- Deanery Donetsk with parishes in Donetsk, Antratsyt , Beresowe , Khartsyzk , Horlivka , Krasny Luch , Kreminna , Lugansk , Makiivka , Mariupol and Karsten Suhre
See also
Web links
Cathedral protection of the Most Holy Mother of God in Donetsk