Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford

Eparchy of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Stamford Eparchia Stanfordensis Ucrainorum
"The Chateau" at St. Basil College in Stamford, Connecticut was originally a college dormitory and now houses the Ukrainian Museum and Library of Stamford.[1]
Location
Territory	New York State and New England
Ecclesiastical province	Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia
Headquarters	Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Statistics
Population - Catholics	14,960
Parishes	56
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	December 5, 1983
Cathedral	St. Volodymyr Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Bishop	Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M., Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford
Metropolitan Archbishop	Borys Gudziak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Bishops emeritus	Basil H. Losten
Map
Website
Eparchy of Stamford website

The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in New York State and New England in the United States. The episcopal see is Stamford, Connecticut, where the cathedra is found in St. Volodymyr Cathedral.^[2] The diocese publishes The Sower, a monthly newsletter with articles written in both English and Ukrainian, from its offices in Stamford.

The Eparchy of Stamford is a suffragan eparchy in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia.

The Eparchy of Stamford was created in 1956 by Pope Pius XII. The territory was formerly administered by the Eparchate of Philadelphia. Bishop Ambrose Senyshyn of Stamford was named exarchate of the new eparchy. Senyshyn was president of the Ukrainian diocesan schools in Stamford, including the now-defunct St. Basil's Preparatory School.^[3]

The diocesan bishop (eparch) of the diocese is Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.

The Eparchy operates the tiny St. Basil College Seminary at 161 Glenbrook Road in Stamford. The college's mission is to educate and prepare men who desire to pursue a vocation to the priesthood for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. "St. Basil is the only Ukrainian Catholic liberal arts college, the only one of its kind outside of Ukraine fully accredited as a senior college by the State Board of Education," according to the Eparchy.^[4] Lubomyr Husar, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Major-Archdiocese of Lviv was educated at St. Basil's College.

The college opened in September 1939. By 2007 it had graduated 130 students, of which 127 have been ordained to the priesthood, including six elevated to the episcopacy, and the current patriarch and head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.^[4]

Most of the students have been Ukrainian Catholics interested in studying spirituality, the Ukrainian rite, Ukrainian history, civilization, language, and literature. In May 2007 three students graduated. The Connecticut Department of Higher Education, in the fall of 2005, reaccredited the college for another five years. The American Academy for Liberal Education also granted "institutional pre-accreditation" in 2005.^[4]

The eparchy operated the St. Basil Preparatory School on the cathedral campus from 1933 to 1990. Alumni from the boys' high school typically have reunions every five years for each class. The school was founded by Archbishop Constantine Bohachevsky as "Ukrainian Catholic High School", and its alumni include more than 75 Ukrainian and Roman Catholic priests and two former Connecticut state judges.^[2]

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

• Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. (1956–1961), appointed Archeparch of Philadelphia
• Joseph Michael Schmondiuk (1961–1977), appointed Archeparch of Philadelphia
• Basil Harry Losten (1977–2006)
• Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. (2006–Present)

• Lubomyr Husar (priest here, 1958–1972), consecrated bishop in 1977 (later a cardinal)
• Bohdan John Danylo, appointed Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian) in 2014

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• Pittsfield
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• Woonsocket

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Hierarchy including Ecclesiastical circumscriptions

Major archeparchy

• Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Archeparchies

• Kyiv: Sviatoslav Shevchuk
• Lviv: Ihor Vozniak
• Przemyśl–Warsaw: Eugeniusz Popowicz
• Winnipeg: Lawrence Huculak
• Philadelphia: Borys Gudziak
• Ivano-Frankivsk: Volodymyr Viytyshyn
• Ternopil–Zboriv: Vasyl Semeniuk
• São João Batista em Curitiba: Valdomiro Koubetch

Eparchies

Ukraine	Buchach: Dmytro Hryhorak Chernivtsi: Yosafat Moschych Kamyanets–Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz Sokal–Zhovkva: Mykhaylo Koltun Stryi: Taras Senkiv
Poland	Olsztyn–Gdańsk: Arkadiusz Trochanowski Wrocław–Koszalin: Włodzimierz Juszczak
Canada	Edmonton: David Motiuk Saskatoon: Michael Smolinski New Westminster: Michael Kwiatkowski Toronto and Eastern Canada: Bryan Bayda
United States	Saint Nicholas of Chicago: Venedykt Aleksiychuk Saint Josaphat in Parma: Bohdan Danylo Stamford: Paul Chomnycky
Brazil	Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis: Meron Mazur
Argentina	Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
Australia and New Zealand	Saints Peter and Paul of Australia: Mykola Bychok
United Kingdom	Holy Family of London: Kenneth Nowakowski
France, Benelux and Switzerland	Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris: Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic Administrator)

Apostolic exarchates

Germany and Scandinavia	Bohdan Dzyurakh
Italy and San Marino	Dionisio Lachovicz

Archiepiscopal exarchates

• Donetsk: Stepan Meniok
• Kharkiv: Vasyl Tuchapets
• Krym: Mykhaylo Bubniy (Archiepiscopal Administrator)
• Odesa: Mykhaylo Bubniy
• Lutsk: Yosafat Hovera

Apostolic visitors

• Chile: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
• Northern Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
• Paraguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Uruguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Venezuela: Daniel Kozelinski Netto

Curial and
auxiliary bishops

• Volodymyr Firman (Ternopil–Zboriv)
• Petro Holiney (Kolomyia)
• Volodymyr Hrutsa (Lviv)
• Andriy Khimyak (Kyiv)
• Hryhoriy Komar (Sambir–Drohobych)
• Petro Loza (Sokal–Zhovkva)
• Bohdan Manyshyn (Stryi)
• Teodor Martynyuk (Ternopil–Zboriv)
• Yosyf Milyan (Kyiv)
• Andriy Rabiy (Winnipeg)
• Maksym Ryabukha (Donetsk)
• Mykola Semenyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk)
• Stepan Sus (Curial Bishop)

Bishops
emeritus

• Jan Martyniak (Metropolitan) (Przemyśl – Warsaw)
• Stefan Soroka (Metropolitan) (Philadelphia)
• Iryney Bilyk (Buchach)
• Stephen Chmilar (Toronto)
• Petro Kryk (Germany and Scandinavia)
• Basil Losten (Stamford)
• Wasyl Medwit (Donetsk)
• Peter Stasiuk (Saints Peter and Paul of Australia)
• Michael Wiwchar (Saskatoon)

Defunct
circumscriptions

Poland	Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna Eparchy of Kholm and Belz Conversion of Chełm Eparchy
Ukraine	Eparchy of Zboriv

Ruthenian Uniate Church

• Eparchy of Suprasl
• Archeparchy of Polotsk
• Eparchy of Turov and Pinsk
• Eparchy of Volodymyr and Brest
• Eparchy of Lutsk and Ostroh
• Archeparchy of Smolensk

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