Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma

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Eparchy of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma

Eparchia Sancti Iosaphat Parmensis
Location
Territory Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina
Ecclesiastical province Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia
Headquarters Parma, Ohio, United States
Population
- Catholics

11,058
Information
Sui iuris church Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Rite Byzantine
Established December 5, 1983
Cathedral St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Bishop Bohdan Danylo
Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka
Website
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is a diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States, with its seat in Parma, Ohio. It was established in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. The first bishop was Robert M. Moskal. The current eparch is Bishop Bohdan Danylo, who was named eparch (bishop) by Pope Francis in 2014.[1] The eparchy encompasses parishes in:

Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians

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The eparchy is one of three suffragan eparchies of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia, which also includes the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, and the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford.

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