{{Short description|Eastern Catholic eparchy in the eastern United States}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Eparchy<!-- Type of jurisdiction: i.e. Diocese or Archdiocese --> | name = Passaic (Ruthenian) | latin = Eparchia Passaicensis Ruthenorum | local = <!-- Name in the native language --> | image = Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel - Passaic, New Jersey 02.JPG | image_size = frameless | image_alt = | caption = Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel | coat = | coat_size = 150px <!---- Locations ----> | country = United States | metropolitan = William C. Skurla | territory = | province = Metropolis of Pittsburgh | coordinates = <!-- Use {{coord}} --> <!---- Statistics ----> | area_km2 = <!-- Area in square kilometers, automatically converted --> | population = | population_as_of = 2009 | catholics = 17,629<!-- Number of Catholics in the diocese --> | catholics_percent = | parishes = 84 | churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --> | congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --> | schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --> | members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese --> <!---- Information ----> | denomination = Catholic Church | sui_iuris_church = Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church | rite = Byzantine Rite | established = July 6, 1963 ({{age|1963|7|6}} years ago) | cathedral = Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel | cocathedral = | patron = | priests = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese --> <!---- Current leadership ----> | pope = {{Incumbent pope}} | bishop_title = Eparch | bishop = Kurt Burnette | coadjutor = | auxiliary_bishops = | vicar_general = | emeritus_bishops = <!---- Map ----> | map = Eparchy of Passaic map.png | map_alt = | map_caption = <!---- Website ----> | website = [http://eparchyofpassaic.com/ eparchyofpassaic.com] | footnotes = }} The '''Eparchy of Passaic''' ({{langx|la|Eparchia Passaicensis Ruthenorum}}) is an eparchy (diocese) of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. Its episcopal seat is the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Passaic, New Jersey. As an Eastern Catholic church, it uses the Byzantine Rite in its services. The Eparchy was erected July 6, 1963.
It is a suffragan diocese of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh in the ecclesiastical province of Pittsburgh. The metropolis is dependent upon the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches). Its headquarters are at 445 Lackawanna Avenue, Woodland Park, New Jersey (formerly West Paterson).
On October 29, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Father Kurt Burnette, until then the Rector of Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since October 2012), as Eparch-elect of the Eparchy, succeeding William Skurla.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/28337/fr-kurt-burnette-made-head-of-ruthenian-eparchy-of-passaic|title=Fr. Kurt Burnette made head of Ruthenian Eparchy of Passaic|website=Catholic News Agency|access-date=Nov 17, 2020}}</ref> The eparchy's first bishop was Stephen Kocisko. Currently, the Eparchy has 89 parishes under its canonical jurisdiction.
==Eparchs== *Stephen John Kocisko † (July 6, 1963 - December 22, 1967) Appointed, Eparch of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian) *Michael Joseph Dudick † (July 29, 1968 - November 6, 1995) Retired *Andrew Pataki † (November 6, 1995 - December 6, 2007) Retired *William C. Skurla (December 6, 2007 - January 19, 2012) Appointed, Archeparch of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian) *Kurt Burnette (December 4, 2013 – Present)
==Parishes== The eparchy encompasses parishes located in the following states: *Connecticut *Florida *Georgia *Maryland *New Jersey *New York *North Carolina *Pennsylvania (eastern counties) *South Carolina *Virginia
==Bishops== ===Ordinaries=== * Stephen John Kocisko (1963-1967), appointed Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian) * Michael Joseph Dudick (1968-1995) * Andrew Pataki (1995-2007) * William Charles Skurla (2007-2013), appointed Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian) * Kurt Richard Burnette (2013-
===Other priests of this eparchy who became bishop=== * Gerald Nicholas Dino, appointed Bishop of Van Nuys (Ruthenian) in 2007
==See also== * Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh * Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh * Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma * Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix * Byzantine Catholic Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto * {{section link|List of the Catholic bishops of the United States|Eastern Catholic eparchs}}
==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite book | author=Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh | title=Byzantine-Ruthenian Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh Directory | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh | year=1999 | id=ISBN none}} *{{cite book | author=Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop | title=Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture | location=Toronto | publisher=University of Toronto Press | year=2005 | isbn=0-8020-3566-3 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofru0000mago }}
==External links== * [http://www.tccweb.org/byzantinehierarchyclergy.htm American Byzantine Catholic Hierarchy and Clergy-Found at The Carpathian Connection] * [http://eparchyofpassaic.com/ Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic Official Site] * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpsru.html Eparchy of Passaic (Ruthenian) at Catholic-Hierarchy.org] *[http://www.archeparchy.org/ The Archeparchy of Pittsburgh] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716062352/http://www.archeparchy.org/page/metropolia/metropolia.htm Metropolia of Pittsburgh] * [http://www.byzcath.org Byzantine Catholic Church in America]
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