Exarchate

This list of exarchates contains an overview of administrative jurisdictions, either political or ecclesiastical, that are headed by an exarch. The list includes both historical and modern exarchates.

Political exarchates

Roman Empire

Roman imperial dioceses (headed by vicars, who were also called exarchs)

Byzantine Empire

Exarchate of Africa
Exarchate of Ravenna (or Exarchate of Italy)^[1]

Ecclesiastical exarchates

Catholicism

Apostolic exarchates of the Byzantine Rite

Greek Byzantine Catholic Church:
- Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Greece
- Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul
Melkite (Greek) Catholic Church:
- Melkite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Argentina
- Melkite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela
Russian Greek Catholic Church:
- Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Harbin
- Russian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Russia
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church:
- Apostolic Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic
- Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church:
- Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia
- Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy

Apostolic exarchates of the Antiochian Rite

Apostolic exarchates of the Armenian Rite

Armenian Catholic Church:
- Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico

Patriarchal exarchates

Patriarchal exarchates of the Armenian Rite

Armenian Catholic Church:
- Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus
- Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman

Patriarchal exarchates of the Byzantine Rite

Melkite (Greek) Catholic Church:

Patriarchal exarchates of the Antiochian Rite

Archiepiscopal exarchates

Archiepiscopal exarchates of the Byzantine Rite

Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Church

Former Eastern Catholic exarchates

Former Eastern Catholic exarchates in the Old World

in Europe – Byzantine Rite

in Asia – Armenian Rite

in Asia – Antiochian Rite

in Asia – Syro-Oriental Rite

Syro-Malabar Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda

in Africa – Alexandrian Rite

in Africa – Antiochian Rite

Maronite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa

Former Eastern Catholic exarchates in the New World

in the Americas – Antiochian Rite

Maronite Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of the USA

in the Americas – Armenian Rite

in the Americas – Byzantine Rite

in the Americas – Syro-Oriental Rite

Eastern Orthodoxy

Exarchates of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Former

Current

Exarchates of the Russian Orthodox Church

Exarchates of other Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions

References

↑ Shlosser 2003, p. 27-45.

Sources

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Shlosser, Franziska E. (2003). "The Exarchates of Africa and Italy". Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik. 53: 27–45. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025.

[FOOTNOTEShlosser200327-45-1] Shlosser 2003, p. 27-45.

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