Archeparchy in the eastern United States
Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Philadelphiensis Ucrainorum
Філадельфійська митрополія
Territory Eastern and Central Pennsylvania , Maryland , New Jersey , Virginia , and Washington, D.C. Ecclesiastical province Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia Headquarters Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United StatesPopulation Parishes 64 Denomination Catholic Church Sui iuris Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Rite Byzantine Rite Established May 28, 1913; 111 years ago (May 28, 1913 ) Cathedral Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Pope Francis Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak Bishops emeritus Stephen Soroka ukrarcheparchy
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in the Eastern United States . Its episcopal see is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . The Archeparchy of Philadelphia is a metropolitan see with three suffragan eparchies in its ecclesiastical province . The Archeparchy of Philadelphia's territorial jurisdiction includes the District of Columbia , Virginia , Maryland , New Jersey , and the eastern and central portions of Pennsylvania .
The current archbishop of the archeparchy is Borys Gudziak , installed on June 4, 2019.[ 1] [ 2]
Ukrainian Greek Catholics in the United States were given sui iuris ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite by Pope Pius X in 1914. Prior to that, all Ukrainian Greek Catholics had been under the jurisdiction of the local Latin Church ordinary. In 1924, the status of the ordinariate was elevated to that of exarchate , known as the Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian) . The Exarchate was then elevated to the status of Archeparchy by Pope Pius XII in 1950. In 1983, the Archeparchy lost part of its territory to the new (though still suffragan ) Eparchy of Parma erected by Pope John Paul II .[ 3]
As of 2016[update] [ 4]
Iconostasis at the Ukrainian Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia.
Bishops
Ordinary of the United States of America
Metropolitans of Philadelphia
Constantine Bohachevsky (1924–1961)Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn , O.S.B.M. (1961–1976)Joseph Michael Schmondiuk (1977–1978)Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1979–1980), appointed Coadjutor Archeparch and later Archeparch of Lviv (Ukrainian)Stephen Sulyk (1980–2000)Stephen Soroka (2000–2018)Borys Gudziak (2019–present)
Other priests of this eparchy who became bishops
Cathedral
The seat of the archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception , built in the style of the Hagia Sophia ,[ 5] Pope John Paul II , the first time a Roman Pontiff had visited an Eastern Catholic church in the United States. In addition, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife paid a state visit to the Archeparchy and the Cathedral in 2005.
Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians
The archeparchy is the metropolitan see of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia. The archeparchy has three suffragan eparchies : Eparchy of Parma , Saint Nicholas of Chicago , and Stamford .
Parishes
The archeparchy governs parishes in the following states:
See also
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