• Source: Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic

      • The Eparchy of Passaic (Latin: Eparchia Passaicensis Ruthenorum) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. Its episcopal seat is the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Passaic, New Jersey. As an Eastern Catholic church, it uses the Byzantine Rite in its services. The Eparchy was erected July 6, 1963.
      It is a suffragan diocese of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh in the ecclesiastical province of Pittsburgh. The metropolis is dependent upon the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches). Its headquarters are at 445 Lackawanna Avenue, Woodland Park, New Jersey (formerly West Paterson).
      On October 29, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Father Kurt Burnette, until then the Rector of Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since October 2012), as Eparch-elect of the Eparchy, succeeding William Skurla. The eparchy's first bishop was Stephen Kocisko. Currently, the Eparchy has 89 parishes under its canonical jurisdiction.


      Eparchs


      Stephen John Kocisko † (July 6, 1963 - December 22, 1967) Appointed, Eparch of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)
      Michael Joseph Dudick † (July 29, 1968 - November 6, 1995) Retired
      Andrew Pataki † (November 6, 1995 - December 6, 2007) Retired
      William C. Skurla (December 6, 2007 - January 19, 2012) Appointed, Archeparch of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)
      Kurt Burnette (December 4, 2013 – Present)


      Parishes


      The eparchy encompasses parishes located in the following states:

      Connecticut
      Florida
      Georgia
      Maryland
      New Jersey
      New York
      North Carolina
      Pennsylvania (eastern counties)
      South Carolina
      Virginia


      Bishops




      = Ordinaries

      =
      Stephen John Kocisko (1963-1967), appointed Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)
      Michael Joseph Dudick (1968-1995)
      Andrew Pataki (1995-2007)
      William Charles Skurla(2007-2013), appointed Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)
      Kurt Richard Burnette (2013-


      = Other priests of this eparchy who became bishop

      =
      Gerald Nicholas Dino, appointed Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian) in 2007


      See also


      Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
      Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
      Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma
      Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix
      Byzantine Catholic Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto
      List of the Catholic bishops of the United States § Eastern Catholic eparchs


      References



      Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh (1999). Byzantine-Ruthenian Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh Directory. Pittsburgh: Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh. ISBN none.
      Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop (2005). Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3566-3.


      External links


      American Byzantine Catholic Hierarchy and Clergy-Found at The Carpathian Connection
      Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic Official Site
      Eparchy of Passaic (Ruthenian) at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
      The Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
      Metropolia of Pittsburgh
      Byzantine Catholic Church in America

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