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[edit]

The 2 Eastern Roman Exarchates in 600 A.D.





Ecclesiastical administration[edit]

Catholicism[edit]

Apostolic exarchates in the Eastern Catholic churches[edit]

Maronite Catholic Patriarchal exarchates[edit]

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal exarchates[edit]

Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal exarchates[edit]

Eastern Orthodoxy[edit]

Exarchates of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople[edit]

Exarchates of the Orthodox Church in America[edit]

Exarchates of the Russian Orthodox Church[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.