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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Philadelphia

United States United States

Continent: North America

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Saint Josaphat in Parma, Saint Nicholas of Chicago, Stamford

Address: 827 North Franklin St., Philadelphia, PA 19123-2097, United States

Phone: +1 (215) 627-0143

Website: Link

History

  • 1913.05.28: Established as Ordinariate of United States of America
  • 1924.05.08: Promoted as Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America
  • 1956.07.20: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Stamford
  • 1958.07.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia / Philadelphien(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)
  • 1961.07.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint Nicholas of Chicago
  • 1983.12.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint Josaphat in Parma

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2000.11.29 – ...):Archbishop Stephen Soroka (60)Archbishop Stephen Soroka (60)
Auxiliary Bishop (2006.01.03 – ...):Bishop John Bura (67)Bishop John Bura (67)

Titular Bishop of Limisa

Apostolic Administrator of Saint Josaphat in Parma of the Ukrainians (United States)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Philadelphia (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Stephen Soroka (60)Archbishop Stephen Soroka (60)
(2000.11.29 – ...)

Born:1951.11.13 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1982.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:1996.06.13

Titular Bishop of Acarassus (1996.03.29 – 2000.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1996.03.29 – 2000.11.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (United States) (2000.11.29 – ...)

Archbishop Stephen Sulyk (87)Archbishop Stephen Sulyk (87)
(1980.12.29 – 2000.11.29)

Born:1924.10.02 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1952.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1981.03.01

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (United States) (1980.12.29 – 2000.11.29)

Archbishop Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (later Cardinal)
(1979.09.13 – 1980.03.27)

Born:1914.06.24 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1938.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1979.11.12
Created Cardinal:1985.05.25
Died:2000.12.14 († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (United States) (1979.09.13 – 1980.03.27)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1980.03.27 – 1984.09.07)

Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1984.09.07 – 2000.12.14)

President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (1984.09.07 – 2000.12.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea (1985.05.25 – 2000.12.14)

Archbishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk
(1977.09.20 – 1978.12.25)

Born:1912.08.06 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1936.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:1956.11.08
Died:1978.12.25 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria (1956.07.20 – 1961.08.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (United States) (1956.07.20 – 1961.08.14)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (United States) (1961.08.14 – 1977.09.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (United States) (1977.09.20 – 1978.12.25)

Archbishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M.
(1961.08.14 – 1976.09.11)

Born:1903.02.23 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1931.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:1942.10.22
Died:1976.09.11 († 73)

Auxiliary Exarch of United States of America of the Ukrainians (United States) (1942.07.06 – 1956.07.20)

Titular Bishop of Maina (1942.07.06 – 1958.07.10)

Apostolic Exarch of Stamford of the Ukrainians (United States) (1956.07.20 – 1958.07.10)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (United States) (1958.07.10 – 1961.08.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (United States) (1961.08.14 – 1976.09.11)

Archbishop Costantine Bohacevskyj
(1958.07.10 – 1961.01.06)

Born:1884.06.17 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1909.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:1924.06.15
Died:1961.01.06 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Amisus (1924.05.20 – 1954.04.05)

Apostolic Exarch of United States of America of the Ukrainians (United States) (1924.05.20 – 1958.07.10)

Titular Archbishop of Beroë (1954.04.05 – 1958.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (United States) (1958.07.10 – 1961.01.06)

Apostolic Exarchs of United States of America (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Costantine Bohacevskyj
(1924.05.20 – 1958.07.10)

(see above)

Ordinaries of United States of America (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M.
(1907.02.28 – 1916.03.24)

Born:1866.01.29 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1891.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:1907.05.12
Died:1916.03.24 († 50)

Titular Bishop of Daulis (1907.02.28 – 1916.03.24)

Ordinary of United States of America of the Ukrainians (United States) (1907.02.28 – 1916.03.24)

Former Prelates

as of 2012.01.17

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