Joseph M. Schmondiuk
Joseph Michael Schmondiuk, DD; Ukrainian: Йосиф Шмондюк, ( born August 6, 1912 in Wall, Pennsylvania, USA; † 25 December 1978) was Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States and Archbishop of Philadelphia.
Life
Joseph Michael Schmondiuk was the second of four children, his father Michael Schmodniuk 1909 was migrated from western Ukraine and Mary Schmondiuk ( born BOCIA ) married. At the age of ten years, the boy lost his parents, who died due to severe flu epidemic in 1919. Joseph and his brother Michael was recorded in Philadelphia in the orphanage of the "Sisters of St. Basil the Great ." His youngest brother Emil Johannes was taken from the family in care Braddock, his sister, also a lot of flu victim.
Priest time
Schmondiuk completed his education in 1930 with the Abitur. On October 11, 1930, he moved to Rome and began studying theology. He studied at the Angelicum, the University of Propaganda Fide in Rome and was housed at the Seminary of the Pontifical Ukrainian College of St. Josaphat. His ordination he received on March 29, 1936, the same year he completed his theological studies with a degree in theology. After his ordination he returned to the United States and worked in Aliquippa six years as pastor. This was followed by pastorates in Rochester (NY ), Passic (NJ ), and Hamtramck (Michigan). Pope Pius XII. awarded him in recognition of his outstanding construction work for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States, the title of " Pontifical chamberlain " ( Monsignor ).
Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia
On August 8, 1956 he was appointed by Pope Pius XII. auxiliary bishop in Philadelphia and at the same time appointed him titular bishop of Zeugma in Syria. On 8 November 1956, the Archbishop of Philadelphia Bohacewskyi Constantine, Bishop Andrew Ambrozij Senyshyn OSBM and the Ruthenian Bishop Nicholas Thomas Elko him consecrated ( Bishop Exarchate in the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church for the United States of America) bishop.
Bishop of Stamford
He was born on August 14, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. named to succeed Andrew Ambrozij Senyshyn as Bishop of Stamford. As Bishop of Stamford he saw to the completion of the St. Basil's Seminary, the seminary of the Diocese of Stamford.
Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia
From 1976 to 1977 he was also Bishop of Stamford and Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia. On 20 September 1977 the appointment as Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia was. He followed the late Archbishop Constantine Bohacewskyi to the bishopric.
General
Archbishop Schmodniuk was 1961-1965 council participants in the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. In 1977, he was Pope Paul VI. as a personal adviser during the 4th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome. He was Mitkonsekrator with José Romão Marte network OSBM, Plato V. Kornyljak, Jaroslav Gabro ( Eparchy of Saint Nicolas of Chicago) and Augustine Eugene Hornyak, OSBM.