Eparchy Passaic
Eparchy Passaic | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Pittsburgh Archepark |
Diocesan bishop | Kurt Burnette |
founding | 1963 |
Parishes | 87 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics | 20,258 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Diocesan priest | 66 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious priest | 13 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Catholics per priest | 256 |
Permanent deacons | 22 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Friars | 14 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
Religious sisters | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
rite | Byzantine rite |
Liturgical language |
English Ukrainian |
cathedral | St. Michael the Archangel |
Website | www.eparchyofpassaic.com |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Eparchy of Passaic ( lat. : Eparchia Passaicensis Ruthenorum ) is in the United States located eparchy of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church , located in Woodland Park , New Jersey .
The eparchy was established on July 6, 1963 from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Exarchate of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church for the United States of America . The eparchy is subordinate to the Archparchy of Pittsburgh as a suffragan diocese.
The area of the eparchy includes the states of Connecticut , Florida , Georgia , Massachusetts , Maryland , New Jersey, New York , North Carolina , Pennsylvania, and Virginia .
Bishops of the Passaic Eparchy
- Stephen Kocisko , 1963–1967, then Bishop of the Pittsburgh Eparchy
- Michael Dudick , 1968-1995
- Andrew Pataki , 1995-2007
- William Skurla , 2007–2012
- Kurt Burnette , since 2013