Exarchate
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An exarchate is any territorial jurisdiction, either secular or ecclesiastical, whose ruler is called an exarch. Byzantine Emperor Maurice created the first exarchates in the recently reconquered provinces of the former Western Empire. The term is still used for naming some of the smaller communities of Eastern Rite Catholics as well as Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Administration of the secular Byzantine Empire
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Ecclesiastical administration
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Catholicism
[edit]Apostolic exarchates in the Greek Catholic churches
[edit]- Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Greece
- Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul
- Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
- Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic
- Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy
Maronite Catholic Patriarchal exarchates
[edit]- Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine
- Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal exarchates
[edit]- Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait
- Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Istanbul
- Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal exarchates
[edit]Eastern Orthodoxy
[edit]Exarchates of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
[edit]- Former
- Exarchate of Metsovo (16th–1795; 1924–1929)
- Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1620–1686)
- Exarchate of Western Europe (1921 – dissolved c. 2018–2020)
- Current
- Exarchate of the Philippines
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada
- Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Lithuania, or Patriarchal Exarchate in Lithuania (established in 2023, recognised by the government of Lithuania in 2024[3])
Exarchates of the Orthodox Church in America
[edit]Exarchates of the Russian Orthodox Church
[edit]- Belarusian Exarchate
- Exarch Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Spain and Portugal
- Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (established 2018)
- Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia
- Russian Exarchate of North America (historical)
- Little Russian Exarchate (1685–1718, 1743–1767) → Ukrainian Exarchate (1921–1990)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Haldon, J.F. (1990). Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture. ACLS Humanities E-Book. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-31917-1.
- ^ Gasparri, Stefano (21 November 2017). "Chapter 1: The First Dukes and the Origins of Venice". Venice and Its Neighbors from the 8th to 11th Century. Brill. pp. 5–26. ISBN 978-90-04-35361-9. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Thanos Chrysanthopoulos (11 February 2024). "Patriarchal Exarchate of Lithuania was legally recognized by Lithuanian State Authorities". Orthodox Times. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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