Eparchy of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Stamford Eparchia Stanfordensis Ucrainorum | |
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 "The Chateau" at St. Basil College inStamford, Connecticut was originally a college dormitory and now houses the Ukrainian Museum and Library of Stamford.[1] | |
| Location | |
| Territory | New York State andNew England |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia |
| Headquarters | Stamford,Connecticut,United States |
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| Parishes | 56 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | December 5, 1983 |
| Cathedral | St. Volodymyr Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| 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 |
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TheUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford is aUkrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory oreparchy of theCatholic Church inNew York State andNew England in theUnited States. Theepiscopal see isStamford, Connecticut, where thecathedra is found inSt. Volodymyr Cathedral.[2] The diocese publishesThe Sower, a monthly newsletter with articles written in both English and Ukrainian, from its offices in Stamford.
The Eparchy of Stamford is asuffragan eparchy in theecclesiastical province of themetropolitanArcheparchy of Philadelphia.
The Eparchy of Stamford was created in 1956 byPope Pius XII. The territory was formerly administered by the Eparchate of Philadelphia. BishopAmbrose 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 BishopPaul 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 Catholicliberal 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, andliterature. In May 2007 three students graduated. The Connecticut Department of Higher Education, in the fall of 2005, reaccredited the college for another five years. TheAmerican 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 theUkrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, theUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma, and theUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago.
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