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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.
After Chicago received its own eparchy, the new local bishop, Jaroslav Gabro requested the parish return to diocesan control from the Basilian order. [ 3 ] In 1980, after the closure of the nearby Ukrainian Catholic parish of St. Basil the Great, St. Michael's received its parishioners and adopted the Julian calendar for liturgical services.
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 parish school was built in 1936. As more immigrants settled in the neighborhood after World War II and the congregation grew, the school was expanded in 1954. 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 ...
At the same university, on April 18, 2008, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic “The Superior as a Spiritual Father. Investigation in the light of the works of Saint Theodore the Studite.” 2004-’10 – Served as a member of the Patriarchal Commission of Monasticism. 2006 – Served as administrator of St. Nicholas parish in Peremyshlyany.
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.
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St. Nicholas Cathedral (Chicago), Illinois; St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and Rectory, Salem, Massachusetts; St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Atlantic City, New Jersey; St. Nicholas Catholic Church (Passaic, New Jersey) St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (Manhattan), New York City, destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks and rebuilt in 2022