Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk – Kharkiv
| Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk | |
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.svg) Coat of arms of Donetsk
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Territory | Eastern Ukraine (Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhya Oblasts) |
| Headquarters | Donetsk (temporary in Zaporizhya), Ukraine |
| Population - Catholics |
8,000 |
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| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine |
| Established | January 11, 2002 |
| Cathedral | Catholic Cathedral in Donetsk |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Stepan Meniok, C.Ss.R., Exarch of the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk |
The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk is oe 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.
The current, and first, archiepiscopal exarch is Bishop Stepan Meniok, C.Ss.R..
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Virgin of Mercy, in Donetsk.
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.
(all Ukrainian language Constantinian Rite)
Coordinates: 48°00′00″N 37°48′00″E / 48.0000°N 37.8000°E
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