Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian)
Sancti Nicolai Chicagien(sis) Ucrainorum
Suffragan eparchy · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy covering the western and midwestern United States, erected in 1961 and suffragan to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk has led it since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 14 July 1961
- Latin
- Sancti Nicolai Chicagien(sis) Ucrainorum
- Patron
- Saint Nicholas
- Annuario code
- 001002828
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 12,500
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 192
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
- Eparch
- Venedykt Aleksiychuk, M.S.U.
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
Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral stands in Chicago, 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 Philadelphia (Ukrainian)Philadelphia
- Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian)Parma
- Eparchy of Stamford (Ukrainian)Stamford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the whole Western United States and Midwest (except Ohio), together with Alaska and Hawaii, the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church within the Catholic Church. It counted 43 churches and missions in the western USA as of 2020. Venedykt Aleksiychuk has served as its bishop since April 20, 2017, and St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral stands as the eparchy's mother church. Within the wider church structure, Chicago is a suffragan eparchy of the ecclesiastical province headed by the metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
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].