Stephen Sulyk

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Stephen M. Sulyk (born October 2, 1924 in Balnica ( Lemkenland ), Poland ; † April 6, 2020 ) was Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church united with Rome and Metropolitan of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia , USA.

Life

Stephen Sulyk was born in 1924 in the village of Balnca, which was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from 1939 . In 1939/1940 he was taken to Germany for agricultural work, but did not return after a vacation in his home village in 1940. He attended a German-speaking grammar school and in 1944 fled with his family from the Red Army to Germany and on to the Sudetenland . Because of his language skills, he survived as a translator for the Soviet army. With forged travel documents he fled to the US-American occupied zone in Germany. He finished his schooling in a refugee camp and from 1946 studied at the seminary of the Greek Catholic Church in Hirschberg Castle near Beilngries . Relatives of an uncle in Michigan gave him permission to emigrate to the United States in 1948. After brief employment in an automobile manufacturing facility and butcher shop in Dearborn , Michigan, he entered the St. Josaphat Seminary in Washington, DC , USA in 1949 . In 1952 he graduated from the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington DC with a degree in theology

Sulyk received on 14 June 1952 by Archbishop Constantine Bohacewskyi the priesthood and was in the care of souls in Nebraska , New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Texas and New Jersey operates. In 1955 he became secretary to the Archbishop of the Philadelphia Archepark . In 1958 he was appointed papal honorary chaplain . In 1961 he became pastor of St. Nicholas in Philadelphia .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Philadelphia Archeparch in 1980. He was ordained bishop on March 1, 1981 by Jossyf Cardinal Slipyj , Archbishop of Lemberg and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; Co- consecrators were Basil Harry Losten , Bishop of the Stamford Eparchy, and Neil Nicholas Savaryn OSBM, Bishop of the Edmonton Eparchy.

Stephen Sulyk was a friend of the Jesuit missionary Walter Ciszek (1904–1984). As a member of the Bishops' Conference of the United States , he was responsible for organizing the ceremonies.

Pope John Paul II granted his age-related resignation on November 29, 2000. He was succeeded by Stephen Soroka .

In 2003 his autobiography I Am with You Always was published .

Stephen Sulyk died in early April 2020 at the age of 95 as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Fonts

  • Stephen Sulyk: I Am with You Always. Pleasant Word, a division of WinePress Publishing, Enumclaw, Washington 2003, ISBN 1414100620 , 655 pages (autobiography)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archbishop Stephen Sulyk, 95, Has Coronavirus
  2. ^ Archbishop Stephen Sulyk, Metropolitan emeritus of the Philadelphia Archeparchy, passed away earlier today.
  3. ↑ Lou Baldwin: From Balnycia to Philadelphia: Retired Archbishop writes memoirs of spiritual journey. ( February 16, 2005 memento on the Internet Archive ) In: The Catholic Standard & Times
predecessor Office successor
Myroslav Lyubachivskyi Archbishop of Philadelphia
1980–2000 		Stephen Soroka
personal data
SURNAME Sulyk, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sulyk, Stephen M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Metropolitan of the Philadelphia Archepark
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Balnica , Poland
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2020