Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia, USA (Ukrainian Rite)

Continent: North America

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Philadelphia (English) / Filadelfia (Italiano) / Philadelphien(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

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

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1913.05.28: Established as Ordinariate of United States of America (English)
1924.05.08: Promoted as Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (English) (lost territory to establish 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 (English) / Filadelfia (Italiano) / Philadelphien(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (with suffragan see Stamford)
1961.07.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint Nicholas of Chicago and gained suffragan see Saint Nicholas of Chicago
1983.12.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint Josaphat in Parma and gained suffragan see Saint Josaphat in Parma

Contact Info

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

Phone: +1 (215) 627-0143

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1979.10)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.02.18 – ...):

Archbishop Borys Andrij Gudziak (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Philadelphia (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Borys Andrij Gudziak (64)
(2019.02.18 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

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Born:	1960.11.24 (Syracuse, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1998.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.08.26

Priest of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1998.11.26 – 2012.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Carcabia (2012.07.21 – 2013.01.19)

Apostolic Exarch of France of the Ukrainians (France) (2012.07.21 – 2013.01.19)

Bishop of Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians (France) (2013.01.19 – 2019.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (2019.02.18 – ...)

Bishop Andriy Rabiy (49)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.04.16 – 2019.02.18)

Archbishop Stefan Soroka (73)
(2000.11.29 – 2018.04.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA)

One who serves

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

Priest of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1982.06.13 – 1996.03.29)

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 (USA) (2000.11.29 – 2018.04.16)

Archbishop Stephen Sulyk
(1980.12.29 – 2000.11.29)

Born:	1924.10.02 (Balnica, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.03.01
Died:	2020.04.06 (Voorhees, NJ, USA † 95)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1980.12.29 – 2000.11.29)

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

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

Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1938.07.21 – 1979.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1979.09.13 – 1980.03.27)

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

Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets 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 (Wall, PA, USA)
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 (USA) (1956.07.20 – 1961.08.14)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA) (1961.08.14 – 1977.09.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (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 Bishop of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA) (1942.07.06 – 1956.07.20)

Titular Bishop of Maina (1942.07.06 – 1958.07.10)

Apostolic Exarch of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA) (1956.07.20 – 1958.07.10)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA) (1958.07.10 – 1961.08.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1961.08.14 – 1976.09.11)

Archbishop Konštantín Bohačevskyj
(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 (USA) (1924.05.20 – 1958.07.10)

Titular Archbishop of Beroë (1954.04.05 – 1958.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1958.07.10 – 1961.01.06)

Apostolic Exarchs of United States of America (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Konštantín Bohačevskyj
(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 (Ortynychi, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1891.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.05.12
Died:	1916.03.24 (Philadelphia, PA, USA † 50)

Titular Bishop of Daulis (1907.02.28 – 1916.03.24)

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

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Andriy Rabiy (49) (2017.08.08 – 2022.11.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ivan Bura (2006.01.03 – 2019.11.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wolodymyr Walter Paska (1992.01.24 – 2000.11.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Robert Mikhail Moskal (1981.08.03 – 1983.12.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Basil Harry Losten (1971.03.15 – 1977.09.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Stock (1971.01.11 – 1972.06.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk (later Archbishop) (1956.07.20 – 1961.08.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. (later Archbishop) (1942.07.06 – 1956.07.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ivan Bucko (later Archbishop) (1940.04.17 – 1945.07.28)

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