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The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the whole Western United States and Midwest (except Ohio), Alaska, and Hawaii. As of 2020, the St. Nicholas Eparchy has 43 churches and missions in the western USA.
The Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago was established on July 14, 1961 [4] and St. Nicholas was elevated as the cathedral. From 1974 to 1977 the cathedral's interior was renovated by iconographer Boris Makarenko. The Divine Liturgy is celebrated in both Ukrainian and English. [citation needed]
St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is a Ukrainian church located in Chicago and belonging to the St. Nicholas Eparchy for the Ukrainian Catholics.The building has an ultra-modern roof, comprising thirteen gold domes which symbolize the twelve apostles and Jesus Christ as the largest center dome.
On July 13, 2015, His Beatitude Sviatoslav named him a Senator of the Ukrainian Catholic University. On December 14, 2015, he was awarded with the Cross of Military Chaplain. On April 20, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians, United States of America.
In 1920 Fr Nicholas Simynowych became pastor of St. Michael Parish. Simynowych, co-established an athletic association called "Sitch", and also a Ukrainian National League for women. [ 1 ] Their most important accomplishment was organizing a Ukrainian school.
Michael Wiwchar CSsR (born May 9, 1932) is a Canadian-born bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States and Canada. He served as the third eparch (bishop) of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago from 1993 to 2000 and as the fourth eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon from 2000 to 2008.
The St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church was built in 1909 to serve the growing immigrant community. Preceding World War I, Wilmington experienced an exponential influx of new residents from Ukraine. The neighborhood that subsenquently became known as “Little Ukraine” was home to Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and also ...
Richard Stephen Seminack (March 3, 1942 – August 16, 2016) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the fourth eparch (bishop) of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago since 2003.