Major archbishop

[2] Major archbishops generally have the same rights, privileges, and jurisdiction as Eastern Catholic patriarchs, except where expressly provided otherwise, and rank immediately after them in precedence of honor.

There was a strong movement within and after the Second Vatican Council to elevate Josyf Slipyj, then metropolitan of Lviv, for the Ukrainians, to the status of patriarch.

[citation needed] The title "major archbishop" was first granted to the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in 1963.

Canon law, however generally treats major archbishops as equivalent to patriarchs, except where specifically provided otherwise.

Major archbishops rank immediately below patriarchs in the order of precedence of the Catholic Church.