Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

Infobox Roman Catholic diocese
Roman Catholic Diocese of=Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Latin name of diocese=Philadelphiensis Ucrainorum


caption=Seat of the Archeparchy: The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
territory=Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
population=67,250 Catholics
rite=Byzantine Rite
patron=
province=Archdiocese of Philadelphia
established=May 28, 1913
cathedral=Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
co-cathedral=
leadership=Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia
website= [http://www.ukrarcheparchy.us Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia]
pope=Benedict XVI
patriarch=Lubomyr Cardinal Husar
metropolitan=Stefan Soroka Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
auxiliary=John Bura Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic 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 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. [ [http://www.ukrarcheparchy.us/index.php?categoryid=12 Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia ] ] The archeparchy's suffragen eparchies include Saint Josaphat in Parma, Saint Nicolas of Chicago, and Stamford.

The seat of the Archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 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.

Currently, the Archeparchy has approximately 67,250 Catholics and 74 parishes under its canonical jurisdiction. [ [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dphuk.html Philadelphia (Archeparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy ] ]

References

ources

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dphuk.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org]
* [http://www.ukrarcheparchy.us/index.php?categoryid=12 Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia "History of the Metropilis]
* [http://ukrcathedral.com Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]


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