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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma

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Population - Catholics
  
11,058

Bishop
  
Bohdan Danylo

Established
  
5 December 1983

Rite
  
Byzantine

Major archbishop
  
Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma

Territory
  
Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina

Ecclesiastical province
  
Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia

Headquarters
  
Parma, Ohio, United States

Sui iuris church
  
Ukrainian Greek Catholic

Cathedral
  
St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral

Territories
  
Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is a diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States, with its seat in Parma, Ohio. It was established in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. The first bishop was Robert M. Moskal. The current eparch is Bishop Bohdan Danylo, who was named eparch (bishop) by Pope Francis in 2014. The eparchy encompasses parishes in:

  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania (western counties)
  • Tennessee
  • West Virginia
  • Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians

    The eparchy is one of three suffragan eparchies of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia, which also includes the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, and the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford.

    References

    Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma Wikipedia


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