| Eparchy of Parma Eparchia Parmensis Ruthenorum |
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| Denomination | Byzantine Catholic |
| Established | 1868 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Pope Benedict XVI |
| Bishop | John Michael Kudrick |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | sede vacante |
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| Website | |
| parma.org | |
The Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma (Latin: Eparchia Parmensis Ruthenorum) is the Catholic eparchy (diocese) governing most Byzantine Catholics in the midwestern United States. Its headquarters are at 1900 Carlton Road, Parma, Ohio. The current bishop is the Most Reverend John Kudrick.
The Eparchy was erected February 21, 1969. Its first bishop was Emil Mihalik. Currently, the Eparchy has 37 parishes under its canonical jurisdiction located throughout Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
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The eparchy was erected as the Eparchia Parmensis Ruthenorum on February 21, 1969 by Pope Paul VI.[1][2][3] On March 22, 1969, Father John Mihalik was appointed as its first ordinary.[4] He was consecrated as its eparch by Archbishop Stephen Kocisko on June 12, 1969.[4][5] On May 30, 1983, Father Andrew Pataki was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Passaic and consecrated by Kocisko on August 23, 1983 with the title of Titular Bishop of Telmissus.[5][6] When Mihalik died on January 27, 1984 Parma's see became sede vacante.[1][4] Pataki was appointed as the eparch on June 19, 1984 and was installed on August 16, 1985.[6]
The eparchy lost ecclesiastical territory on December 3, 1981 when the Eparchy of Van Nuys was erected.[1][7]
The following bishops have been appointed as ordinaries of Parma eparchy.[1]
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