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Archeparchy of Philadelphia Philadelphiensis Ucrainorum Філадельфійська митрополія | |
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| Catholic | |
 Seat of the Archeparchy: The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Location | |
| Territory | Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Catholics | 13,051 |
| Parishes | 64 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | May 28, 1913 |
| Cathedral | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Borys Gudziak |
| Bishops emeritus | Stephen Soroka |
| Map | |
 Archeparchy of Philadelphia | |
| Website | |
| ukrarcheparchy | |
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in the Eastern United States. Its episcopal see is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Archeparchy of Philadelphia is a metropolitan see with three suffragan eparchies in its ecclesiastical province. The Archeparchy of Philadelphia's territorial jurisdiction includes the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and the eastern and central portions of Pennsylvania.
The current archbishop of the archeparchy is Borys Gudziak, installed on June 4, 2019.[1][2]
Ukrainian Greek Catholics in the United States were given sui iuris status as an ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite by Pope Pius X in 1914. Prior to that, all Ukrainian Greek Catholics had been under the jurisdiction of the local Latin Church 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 (though still suffragan) Eparchy of Parma erected by Pope John Paul II.[3]
As of 2016[update], the archeparchy has approximately 13,051 Catholics and 64 parishes under its canonical jurisdiction.[4]
- ^ says, Illya Matthew Labunka. "Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholics welcome new metropolitan archbishop". Catholic Philly. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ "Pope Francis Appoints Auxiliary Bishop Andriy Rabiy as Apostolic Administrator of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia; Accepts Resignation of Archbishop Stefan Soroka". usccb.org. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia". www.ukrarcheparchy.us. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Philadelphia (Archeparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 30 August 2018.