Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix
Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio in urbe Phoenicensi
Suffragan eparchy · Ruthenian Catholic Church · Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, United States
Ruthenian (Byzantine rite) Catholic eparchy covering eight western US states with its see in Phoenix, Arizona. Erected 3 December 1981 as the Eparchy of Van Nuys; the see was relocated to Phoenix in 2010. It is a suffragan of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, with St. Stephen Cathedral in Phoenix as its cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ruthenian Catholic Church
- Erected
- 1981
- Latin
- Sanctae Mariae a Patrocinio in urbe Phoenicensi
- Patron
- Holy Protection of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001603
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,261
- Population
- 2,019
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 75
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
- Artur Bubnevych
- Born
- 22 June 1975
- Birthplace
- Perechin
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. Stephen Cathedral stands in Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, 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 Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)
A suffragan of Pittsburgh (Byzantine).
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Thirteen western states make up the territory of the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, a jurisdiction of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church in the western United States. Commonly called the Eparchy of Phoenix, it was formerly the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys (Latin: Eparchia Vannaisensis). Its episcopal see is Phoenix, Arizona, and Artur Bubnevych has served as eparch as of 28 January 2025.
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].