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The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in the Eastern United States. Its episcopal see is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Archeparchy of Philadelphia is a metropolitan see with three suffragan eparchies in its ecclesiastical ...
Borys Andrij Gudziak [a] (born 24 November 1960) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church serving, since 2019, as the Metropolitan-Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. He founded the Institute of Church History and served as the rector and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Gudziak has authored and ...
At the base of the dome there are 32 windows. They depict the coat of arms of the regions of Ukraine, the popes, the bishops and the religious orders that contributed to the growth of the Ukrainian Catholic church in the United States. The mosaic on the sanctuary wall features the Theotokos. Below the Mother of God is a mosaic of the Last Supper.
St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic School building. The parish was founded in 1914 to serve those of the Ukrainian language in Northeast Philadelphia. Initially services were held in St. John Cantius Church in Bridesburg and in the homes of various parishioners. The first pastor was Rev. Volodymyr Petriwsky who served from 1915 to 1924.
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
On April 16, 2018, Rabiy was named Apostolic Administrator of Philadelphia when Archeparch Stefan Soroka's resignation was accepted by Pope Francis. [ 3 ] On November 10, 2022, Pope Francis appointed Rabiy as auxiliary bishop for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg .
Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church and School: 1008 North 48th Street Old Saint Joseph's Church: 321 Willings Alley Our Mother of Consolation Church: 9 East Chestnut Hill Avenue Resurrection of Our Lord Church: 2000 Shelmire Avenue St. Adalbert in Philadelphia: 2645 East Allegheny Avenue Known as the "Polish Cathedral" of Philadelphia
This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [1] There are more than 200 churches in the archdiocese, divided for administrative purposes into four episcopal regions, each headed by an auxiliary bishop, and 12 deaneries.