Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

The archeparchy Philadelphia (Latin: Archieparchia Philadelphiensis Ucrainorum ) is a location in the U.S. archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

History

By the end of 1870 beginning, immigration of a large number of creditors Ruthischen Greek Catholic Church from the area of the Austro-Hungarian Galicia in the United States of America began the creation of parishes, which used the Byzantine Rite. In Shenandoah (Pennsylvania) built in 1884 a Ukrainian priest, the first church building.

The later following municipalities and the outline of the Eastern Churches were governed by Pope Leo XIII. , With the apostolic letter " Orientalium Dignitas " of 1895. The jurisdiction has been assigned to the respective Roman Catholic diocesan bishops. 1907 Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz was appointed the first Professor of living in the United States of America Christians of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The jurisdiction remained with the Roman Catholic bishops. This assignment was changed in 1913, Bishop Ortynsky was under the supervision of the Apostolic Delegate in Washington, DC provided.

After the death of Bishop Ortynsky (March 24, 1916), the Holy See ordered no independent bishop, but the Apostolic Delegate appointed two priests as provisional administrators. The administrators of the work areas were divided, one for immigrants from Lviv- Halych (now Ukraine), while other migrants from Hungary and Croatia. This area and personnel division had the advantage that the respective immigrant groups were better able to connect to their faith communities from the countries of origin.

For originating from the present-day Ukraine people who mostly belonged to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, was on May 20, 1924 used as the first bishop of the Apostolic Exarchate of United States, Bishop Constantine Bohacewskyi. On July 10, 1958, the Apostolic Exarchate of United States was by Pope Pius XII. raised to archeparchy and renamed archeparchy Philadelphia. Pope John XXIII. separated on 14 July 1961 from the western part of archeparchy and appointed the Eparchy of Saint Nicolas of Chicago. The archeparchy Philadelphia announced on December 5, 1983, on the orders of Pope John Paul II, parts of its territory establishing the Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma from. The archbishop of Philadelphia is the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian eparchies, as suffragan eparchies him the Saint Josaphat in Parma, Saint Nicolas of Chicago and Stamford are assigned.

Ordinaries

Ordinaries of the United States

  • Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz OSBM, 1907-1916

Apostolic Exarch of the United States

  • Constantine Bohacewskyi, 1924-1958

Archbishops of Philadelphia archeparchy

  • Costantine Bohacewskyj, 1958-1961
  • Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn OSBM, 1961-1976
  • Joseph Michael Schmondiuk, 1977-1978
  • Myroslaw Ljubatschiwskyj, 1979-1980, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Lviv
  • Stephen Sulyk, 1980-2000
  • Stephen Soroka, since 2000
Stefan Soroka Friar Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford Apostolic exhortation Ordinary (officer) Papal legate#Apostolic Delegate Suffragan diocese Order of Saint Basil the Great Ambrose Senyshyn Joseph M. Schmondiuk Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv
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