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Territory ruled by an exarch
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
Ecclesiastical administration
Catholicism
Apostolic exarchates in the Eastern Catholic churches
Maronite Catholic Patriarchal exarchates
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal exarchates
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal exarchates
Eastern Orthodoxy
Exarchates of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Exarchates of the Orthodox Church in America
Exarchates of the Russian Orthodox Church
See also
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