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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma

Coordinates: 41°24′25″N 81°42′46″W / 41.40685°N 81.71266°W / 41.40685; -81.71266
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Not to be confused with Eparchy of Parma (Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church).
Eparchy of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma
Пармської єпархії святого Йосафата

Eparchia Sancti Iosaphat Parmensis
St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Parma, Ohio
Coat of arms of the Eparchy of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma Пармської єпархії святого Йосафата
Coat of arms
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryOhio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina
Ecclesiastical provinceUkrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia
HeadquartersParma, Ohio, United States
Statistics
Population
- Catholics
10,701
Parishes47
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
RiteByzantine Rite
EstablishedDecember 5, 1983
CathedralSt. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk
BishopBohdan Danylo
Website
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma
Map of the Eparchy of Parma

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the United States. Its episcopal see is Parma, Ohio. It was established in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. The eparchy encompasses parishes in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is a suffragan eparchy in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia.

The eparchy is named for St. Josaphat Kuntsevych, O.S.B.M., who was Eastern Catholic martyred in anti-Catholic violence by Eastern Orthodox following the Union of Brest.

History

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Ohio became a major site of ethnic Ukrainian and Ruthenian immigration in the 1870s. By the 1880s, Cleveland and Tremont were sites of major Ukrainian communities. Parma and other Ohio towns were further populated by Ukrainian diaspora fleeing in the wake of the First World War and subsequent incorporation of Ukraine into the Soviet Union.[1] Another major wave of Ukrainian immigration to the United States came after President Harry S. Truman signed the Displaced Persons Act in 1948.[2]

Eparchs

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Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians

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Further information: List of the Catholic bishops of the United States § Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kulchytsky, George P. (12 May 2018). "Ukrainians". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Cleveland, OH: Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ "History". Palatine, IL: The Conception of the Immaculate Mother of God Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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41°24′25″N 81°42′46″W / 41.40685°N 81.71266°W / 41.40685; -81.71266

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