Talk:Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
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I have edited the second paragraph - which formerly stated that the Metropolia had ordinary jurisdiction over "parishes of other Byzantine Rite traditions that do not have an established hierarchy in the United States, including the Italo-Albanians, Hungarians, Slovaks, and Croatians". The edited text reflects that its jurisdiction is over the faithful (not parishes) of certain designated Churches of the Slav Tradition within the Byzantine Rite - specifically the Byzantine Hungarians, Slovaks, and Croats. The Metropolia's authority is based on the documents that erected its predecessor jurisdiction and is not encompassing of the Italo-Albanians or any other Byzantine faithful who are without hierarchy in the US (most notably the Russians, who remain subject to Latin ordinaries, and the Bielorusins, who did as well, until their sole parish was canonically suppressed). The misapprehension stated here was probably based on the fact that one of the Metropolia's eparchies (Van Nuys) established a parish to serve an Italo-Greek community of faithful in Las Vegas - that does not serve to accord the Metropolia jurisdiction over the Arberesh.
There are other aspects of this piece which need editing as well. I'll add it to a list of several that I hope to tackle. Irish Melkite 10:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Jurisdiction over Slovaks?
As far as I know, the Vatican documents creating the Pittsburgh Exarchate and its derivatives make no mention of Slovaks. In fact, most of the hierarchs strenuously denied the existence of "Slovaks of the Byzantine Rite". It was only after a petition drive in the 1970s by a few Slovak-oriented members to 1) have the Vatican establish a "Slovak Greek Catholic Eparchy" in the U.S. along the lines of the Canadian example or, failing that, 2) force the Pittsburgh hierarchy to acknowledge the Slovak component of the membership, that the more recent official publications began to describe the Pittsburgh Metropolia as originally inclusive of Rusins [sic], Croats, Hungarians, and Slovaks. I believe this is revisionist history. -- Lemko Rusyn —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.66.93.131 (talk) 16:33, August 23, 2007 (UTC)
