{{Infobox Christian leader | honorific_prefix =His Grace | name =Andrew Pataki | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop Emeritus of Passaic for the Byzantines | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | other_post = Bishop of Passaic for the Byzantines <small>(1996–2007)</small><br>Bishop of Parma for the Byzantines <small>(1984–1996)</small><br>Auxiliary Bishop of Passaic for the Byzantines <small>(1983–1984)</small> <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = February 24, 1952 | ordinated_by = | consecration = August 23, 1983 | consecrated_by = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|08|30}} | birth_place = Palmerton, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|08|1927|08|30}} | death_place = | buried = | alma_mater = | signature = }}
'''Andrew Pataki''' (August 30, 1927 – December 8, 2011) was an Eastern Catholic hierarch, the second bishop of Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Parma, and the third bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic.
==Early life and education== Pataki was born in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, on August 30, 1927.<ref name="cathhier">{{cite web | last = Cheney | first = David M | title = Bishop Andrew Pataki | work = Catholic-Hierarchy | date = February 20, 2011 | url = http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpataki.html | accessdate = July 6, 2011}}</ref> He attended elementary school in Palmerton Public Schools and Allentown Central Catholic High School in Allentown.<ref name="epparma">{{cite web|url=http://www.parma.org/Eparchy_Parma.asp |title=History of the Eparchy of Parma |publisher=Eparchy of Parma |accessdate=July 6, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033446/http://www.parma.org/Eparchy_Parma.asp |archivedate=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He continued his education at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.<ref name="epparma"/> He began studying for the priesthood in 1944, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. Procopius College-Seminary in Lisle, Illinois, in 1948.<ref name="epparma"/> He completed his studies at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh. On February 24, 1952, he was ordained a priest for the eparchy of Passaic in the seminary chapel by Bishop Daniel Ivancho.<ref name="cathhier"/><ref name="epparma"/>
==Career== The newly ordained Father Pataki earned his license in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, after which he was appointed the rector of SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary.<ref name="epparma"/> From 1973 until 1978, Pataki served on the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code of Canon Law; he was also elevated to the rank of a Prelate of Honor by Pope Paul VI.<ref name="epparma"/>
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Passaic on June 14, 1983, with the titular see of Telmissus.<ref name="epparma"/> He was consecrated a bishop on August 23 of the same year.<ref name="cathhier"/> On June 19, 1984, he was appointed the bishop of Parma for the Byzantines, and was installed on August 16, 1985.<ref name="cathhier"/> On November 6, 1995, he would be moved back to the Eparchy of Passaic, this time as its bishop—a post for which he was installed on February 8, 1996.<ref name="cathhier"/>
On December 6, 2007, when he was 80 years of age, Bishop Pataki's request for retirement was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on account of his having passed the customary retirement age of 75 for Catholic bishops.<ref name="cathhier"/><ref>{{cite news|title=2 Named to Head Byzantine Eparchies |url=http://www.zenit.org/article-21217?l=english |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213021505/http://www.zenit.org/article-21217?l=english |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 13, 2007 |publisher=ZENIT |date=December 7, 2007 |accessdate=July 7, 2011 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131225040709/http://www.tccweb.org/ourchurches.htm His Excellency, Most Reverend Andrew Pataki, J.C.L., D.D - The Carpathian Connection]
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