Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

Archeparchy of Philadelphia Philadelphiensis Ucrainorum
Seat of the Archeparchy: The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Location
Territory	Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Ecclesiastical province	Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia
Headquarters	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Population - Catholics	67,250
Information
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite	Byzantine
Established	May 28, 1913
Cathedral	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Metropolitan Archbishop	Stefan Soroka, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Website
Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia

Archeparchy of Philadelphia

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is the Catholic archeparchy governing all Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchies and Ukrainian Greek Catholics in the United States. Its headquarters are at 827 North Franklin Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The current metropolitan is the Most Reverend Stefan Soroka. The Archeparchy's territorial jurisdiction includes the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and the eastern and central portions of Pennsylvania.

Ukrainian Catholics in the United States were given sui iuris status as an ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite by Pope St. Pius X in 1914. Prior to that, all Ukrainian Catholics had been under the jurisdiction of the local Roman 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 Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, Ohio, erected by Pope John Paul II.^[1]

Currently, the Archeparchy has approximately 67,250 Catholics and 74 parishes under its canonical jurisdiction.^[2]

Iconostasis at the Ukrainian Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia.

Ordinaries

1. Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. † (1907 - 1916), died
2. Constantine Bohachevsky † (1924 - 1961), appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian) in 1958; died
3. Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. † (1961 - 1976), died
4. Joseph Michael Schmondiuk † (1977 - 1978), died
5. Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky † (1979 - 1980), appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
6. Stephen Sulyk (1980 - 2000), retired
7. Stephen Soroka (2000 - present)

† = deceased

Auxiliary Bishops

• Ivan Bucko † (1940 - 1945), resigned
• Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. † (1942 - 1956), appointed Bishop of Stamford
• Joseph Michael Schmondiuk † (1956 - 1961), appointed Bishop of Stamford
• John Stock † (1971 - 1972), died
• Basil Harry Losten (1971 - 1977), appointed Bishop of Stamford [Retired]
• Robert Mikhail Moskal (1981 - 1983), appointed Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma
• Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. † (1988 - 1989), appointed, Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain
• Wolodymyr Paska † (1992 - 2000), retired
• John Bura (2006 - present)

† = deceased

Cathedral

The seat of the Archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, built in the style of the Hagia Sophia,^[3] and located across the street from the Archeparchy's offices. It hosted a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in 1979, 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: Saint Josaphat in Parma, Saint Nicholas of Chicago, and Stamford.

Parishes

The archepathy governs parishes in the following states:

• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania (eastern counties)
• Virginia

See also

• Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family
• List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States
• List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States
• Category:Catholic dioceses in the United States (including ecclesiastical provinces)
• List of bishops

References

Sources

• Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• History of the Metropolia (Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia official website)
• Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

External links

• Official website

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