Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Philadelphiensis Ucrainorum
Seat of the Archeparchy: The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Basic information
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Territory	Eastern and Central Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Population	67,250 Catholics
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Established	May 28, 1913
Cathedral	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Bishop	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia
Website	Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Metropolitan	Stefan Soroka Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Auxiliary bishops	John Bura Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is the Catholic Archeparchy governing all Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchies and Ukrainian Greek Catholics in the United States. Its headquarters are at 827 North Franklin Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The current metropolitan is the Most Reverend Stefan Soroka. The Archeparchy's territorial jurisdiction includes the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and the eastern and central portions of Pennsylvania.

Ukrainian Catholics in the United States were given sui iuris status as an ordinariate by Pope St. Pius X in 1914. Prior to that, all Ukrainian Catholics had been under the jurisdiction of the local Roman 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 Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, Ohio, erected by Pope John Paul II.^[1] The archeparchy's suffragen eparchies include Saint Josaphat in Parma, Saint Nicolas of Chicago, and Stamford.

The seat of the Archeparchy is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, located across the street from the Archeparchy's offices. It hosted a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in 1979, the first time a Roman Pontiff had visited an Eastern Catholic church in the United States. In addition, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife paid a state visit to the Archeparchy and the Cathedral in 2005.

Currently, the Archeparchy has approximately 67,250 Catholics and 74 parishes under its canonical jurisdiction.^[2]

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[edit] Sources

• Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia History of the Metropilis
• Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

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