Eparchy of Stamford (Ukrainian)
Stanforden(sis) Ucrainorum
Suffragan eparchy · Ukrainian · Stamford, Connecticut, United States
The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford is a Byzantine Rite (Ukrainian) eparchy established as an apostolic exarchate in 1956 and elevated to an eparchy in 1958. It is a suffragan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and is led by Eparch Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ukrainian
- Erected
- 1956
- Latin
- Stanforden(sis) Ucrainorum
- Annuario code
- 001003112
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,960
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 234
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
- Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.
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
St. Volodymyr Cathedral stands in Stamford, 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 Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian)Chicago
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering New York State and New England in the United States, this eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has its episcopal see at Stamford, Connecticut, where the cathedra rests in St. Volodymyr Cathedral. It stands as a suffragan eparchy within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia. From its Stamford offices the eparchy publishes The Sower, a monthly newsletter carrying articles in both English and Ukrainian.
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].