Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian)
Sancti Iosaphat Parmen(sis) Ucrainorum
Suffragan eparchy · Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church · Parma, Ohio, United States
The Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchy serving the eastern and central United States, erected in 1983 and suffragan to the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. Bishop Bohdan Danylo has led it since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Erected
- 5 December 1983
- Latin
- Sancti Iosaphat Parmen(sis) Ucrainorum
- Patron
- Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych
- Annuario code
- 001002820
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 10,701
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 202
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
- Bohdan J. Danylo
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
Saint Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral stands in Parma, 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 Philadelphia (Ukrainian)
A suffragan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
The sees of this province:
- Eparchy of Philadelphia (Ukrainian)Philadelphia
- Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian)Chicago
- Eparchy of Stamford (Ukrainian)Stamford
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established in 1983 by Pope John Paul II, the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States, with its episcopal see at Parma, Ohio. Its parishes span Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.