Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Eparchy of Passaic (Template:Langx) 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.[1] 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
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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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