Eparchy of Philadelphia (Ukrainian)
Ukrainian · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is the metropolitan see of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States, established in 1913 and raised to a metropolitan archeparchy in 1958. Its current metropolitan archbishop is Borys Gudziak, installed in 2019.
The see
- Tradition
- Ukrainian
- Erected
- 1913
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 13,051
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 246
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Borys Gudziak
- Born
- 24 November 1960
- Birthplace
- Syracuse
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Philadelphia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Philadelphia (Ukrainian)
A suffragan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian)Parma
- Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian)Chicago
- Eparchy of Stamford (Ukrainian)Stamford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving the Eastern United States, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is an ecclesiastical territory of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church with its episcopal see at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It ranks as a metropolitan see, and its ecclesiastical province includes three suffragan eparchies.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].