Editing Exarchate

{{short description|Territory ruled by an exarch}}
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An '''exarchate''' is any territorial [[Jurisdiction (area)|jurisdiction]], either secular or [[Ecclesiastical province|ecclesiastical]], whose ruler is called an [[exarch]]. [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Maurice (emperor)|Emperor Maurice]] created the first exarchates in the recently reconquered provinces of the former [[Western Roman Empire|Western Empire]]. The term is still used for naming some of the smaller communities of [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Rite Catholics]] as well as [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christians]].

== Administration of the secular Byzantine Empire ==
[[File:Exarchates - 600 AD.png|thumb|The 2 Eastern Roman Exarchates in 600 A.D.]]
* [[Exarchate of Africa]]<ref name="b208">{{cite book |last=Haldon |first=J.F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSHmT1G_5T0C |title=Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-521-31917-1 |series=ACLS Humanities E-Book |page= |access-date=}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=December 2024}}
* [[Exarchate of Ravenna]]<ref name="gasparri">{{cite book |last1=Gasparri |first1=Stefano |title=Venice and Its Neighbors from the 8th to 11th Century |date=21 November 2017 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-35361-9 |pages=5–26 |url=https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004353619/B9789004353619_002.xml |access-date=1 February 2024 |language=en |chapter=Chapter 1: The First Dukes and the Origins of Venice}}</ref>








== Ecclesiastical administration ==
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{{see also|:Category:Eastern Catholic exarchates|:Category:Eastern Orthodox exarchates}}

=== Catholicism ===
==== Apostolic exarchates in the Greek Catholic churches ====
* [[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 ====
* [[Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine]]
* [[Maronite Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan]]

==== Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal exarchates ====
* [[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 ====
* [[Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk]]

=== Eastern Orthodoxy ===
==== Exarchates of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ====
;Former
* [[Exarchate of Metsovo]] (16th–1795; ended in 1924<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Metsovo – Ursa Trail |url=https://www.ursatrail.gr/en/plirofories/metsovo-history/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.ursatrail.gr}}</ref>)
* [[Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1620–1686)]]
* [[Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe|Exarchate of Western Europe]] (1921 – dissolved {{circa}} 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<ref>{{Cite news |title=Patriarchal Exarchate of Lithuania was legally recognized by Lithuanian State Authorities |author=Thanos Chrysanthopoulos |work=Orthodox Times |date=11 February 2024 |access-date=23 May 2025 |url=https://orthodoxtimes.com/patriarchal-exarchate-of-lithuania-was-legally-recognized-by-lithuanian-state-authorities/}}</ref>)

==== Exarchates of the Orthodox Church in America ====
* [[Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Mexico|American Exarchate of Mexico]]

==== Exarchates of the Russian Orthodox Church ==== 
* [[Belarusian Orthodox Church|Belarusian Exarchate]]
* [[Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Spain and Portugal (Moscow Patriarchate)|Exarch Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Spain and Portugal]]
* [[Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (Moscow Patriarchate)|Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe]] (established 2018)
* [[Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia (Moscow Patriarchate)|Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia]]
* [[Russian Exarchate of North America]] (historical)
* Little Russian Exarchate (1685–1718, 1743–1767) → [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)#Fall of monarchy in Russia and Exarchate|Ukrainian Exarchate]] (1921–1990)

== See also ==
* [[Eparchy]]
* [[Vicariate (Eastern Orthodoxy)]]

==References==
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