Eparchy of Passaic (Ruthenian)
Passaicen(sis) Ruthenorum
Suffragan eparchy · Ruthenian Catholic Church · Passaic, New Jersey, United States
A Ruthenian Greek Catholic eparchy of the Byzantine Rite covering the Atlantic seaboard and southeastern United States, erected in 1963 with its cathedral in Passaic, New Jersey. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh and is led by Eparch Kurt Burnette.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ruthenian Catholic Church
- Erected
- 6 July 1963
- Latin
- Passaicen(sis) Ruthenorum
- Patron
- St. Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001002553
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 17,629
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 588
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Kurt Burnette
- Born
- 7 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Fakenham
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel stands in Passaic, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
A suffragan of Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.
The sees of this province:
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on July 6, 1963, the Eparchy of Passaic (Latin: Eparchia Passaicensis Ruthenorum) serves the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church along the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. As an Eastern Catholic church it celebrates its services in the Byzantine Rite. The episcopal seat is the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Passaic, New Jersey, and the eparchy is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh in the ecclesiastical province of Pittsburgh.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.