Diocese of Parma, USA (Ruthenian Rite)

Continent: North America

Rite: Ruthenian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Parma / Parmen(sis) Ruthenorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pittsburgh

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

History

1969.02.21: Established as Diocese of Parma / Parmen(sis) Ruthenorum (Latin) (from Diocese of Pittsburgh and became suffragan of Munhall)
1981.12.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Van Nuys

Contact Info

Address: 1900 Carlton Rd., Parma, OH 44134, USA

Phone: +1 (216) 741-8773

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.08.31 – ...):

Bishop Robert Mark Pipta (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Parma (Ruthenian Rite)

Bishop Robert Mark Pipta (57)
(2023.08.31 – ...)

Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

May I obey what I preach and be the first to do what I teach

Born:	1967.04.07 (Anaheim, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.11.08

Priest of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix of the Ruthenians (USA) (1994.04.21 – 2023.08.31)

Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) (2023.08.31 – ...)

Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.01.23 – 2023.08.31)

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J. (51)
(2018.06.01 – 2023.01.23)

Titular Bishop of Ostracine
Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia)
Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks

Servire

Born:	1973.11.18 (Kežmarok, Slovakia)
Ordained Priest:	2001.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.06.01

Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (2013.04.19 – 2017.06.24)

Titular Bishop of Ostracine (2013.04.19 – 2018.06.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) (2017.06.24 – 2018.06.01)

Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) (2018.06.01 – 2023.01.23)

Titular Bishop of Ostracine (2023.01.23 – ...)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava of the Slovaks (Slovakia) (2023.01.23 – ...)

Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Slovaks (2024.11.21 – ...)

Bishop Milan Lach, S.J. (51)
(Apostolic Administrator 2017.06.24 – 2018.06.01)

Archbishop William Charles Skurla (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2016.05.07 – 2017.06.24)

Bishop John Michael Kudrick (77)
(2002.05.03 – 2016.05.07)

Bishop emeritus of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA)

Born:	1947.12.23 (Beaverdale, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1975.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.10

Priest of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA) (1975.05.03 – 2002.05.03)

Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) (2002.05.03 – 2016.05.07)

Bishop Basil Myron Schott (later Archbishop)
(1996.02.03 – 2002.05.03)

In the name of the Lord

Born:	1939.09.21 (Freeland, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1965.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.07.11
Died:	2010.06.10 († 70)

Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) (1996.02.03 – 2002.05.03)

President of Council of the Ruthenian Church of USA (2002 – 2010.06.10)

Metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (USA) (2002.05.03 – 2010.06.10)

Bishop Andrew Pataki
(1984.06.19 – 1995.11.06)

Born:	1927.08.30 (Palmerton, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.08.23
Died:	2011.12.08 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Telmissus (1983.05.30 – 1984.06.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) (1983.05.30 – 1984.06.19)

Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) (1984.06.19 – 1995.11.06)

Bishop of Passaic of the Ruthenians (USA) (1995.11.06 – 2007.12.06)

Bishop Emil John Mihalik
(1969.03.22 – 1984.01.27)

Mother of God, intercede always

Born:	1920.02.07 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1945.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.06.12
Died:	1984.01.27 († 63)

Bishop of Parma of the Ruthenians (USA) (1969.03.22 – 1984.01.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Parma, Ohio

Churches by City (34)

Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (↙), Pittsburgh (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 4,309 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 38 priests (36 diocesan, 2 religious), 17 deacons, 9 religious (2 brothers, 7 sisters)

Ruthenian Diocese of

Parma