Diocese of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, USA 🇺🇸 (Ukrainian Rite)

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Name: Saint Nicholas of Chicago / Sancti Nicolai Chicagien(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Philadelphia

Neighbouring Dioceses: New Westminster (↑), Edmonton (↑), Saskatoon (↑), Winnipeg (↑), Toronto (↑), Saint Josaphat in Parma (→), Imaculada Conceição em Prudentópolis (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1961.07.14: Established as Diocese of Saint Nicholas of Chicago / Sancti Nicolai Chicagien(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia and became suffragan of Philadelphia)

Contact Info

Address: 2245 W. Rice St., Chicago, IL 60622, USA

Phone: +1 (773) 276-5080

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.04.20 – ...):

Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk (Valery), M.S.U. (58)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk (Valery), M.S.U. (58)
(2017.04.20 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA)

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Born:	1968.01.16 (Borshchivka, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1992.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.09.05

Hegumen of Ukrainian Studite Monks (1999.04.17 – 2010.07.23)

Titular Bishop of Germaniciana (2010.08.03 – 2017.04.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) ([2010.07.14] 2010.08.03 – 2017.04.20)

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (2017.04.20 – ...)

Bishop Richard Stephen Seminack
(2003.03.25 – 2016.08.16)

Born:	1942.03.03 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1967.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.06.04
Died:	2016.08.16 († 74)

Priest of Saint Josaphat in Parma of the Ukrainians (USA) (1967.05.25 – 2003.03.25)

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (2003.03.25 – 2016.08.16)

Bishop Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. (94)
(Apostolic Administrator 2000.12.01 – 2003.03.25)

Bishop Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. (94)
(1993.07.02 – 2000.11.29)

Bishop emeritus of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Born:	1932.05.09 (Komarno, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1959.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.28

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (1993.07.02 – 2000.11.29)

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2000.11.29 – 2008.05.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (2000.12.01 – 2003.03.25)

Bishop Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M.
(1980.12.22 – 1993.07.02)

Born:	1915.11.03 (Petlykiwci Stari, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1940.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.03.01
Died:	2013.07.04 († 97)

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (1980.12.22 – 1993.07.02)

Bishop Jaroslav Gabro
(1961.07.14 – 1980.03.28)

Born:	1919.07.31 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1945.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.10.26
Died:	1980.03.28 (Chicago, IL, USA † 60)

Priest of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1945.09.27 – 1961.07.14)

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (1961.07.14 – 1980.03.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois

Churches by City (49)

New Westminster (↑), Edmonton (↑), Saskatoon (↑), Winnipeg (↑), Toronto (↑), Saint Josaphat in Parma (→), Imaculada Conceição em Prudentópolis (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 12,700 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 65 priests (53 diocesan, 12 religious), 12 deacons, 21 religious (18 brothers, 3 sisters), 3 seminarians

Ukrainian Diocese of

Saint Nicholas of Chicago

USA