Eparchy of Parma Eparchia Parmensis Ruthenorum | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Ecclesiastical province | Pittsburgh |
| Headquarters | Parma, Ohio |
| Statistics | |
| Population |
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| Parishes | 36 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | February 21, 1969 (56 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Baptist |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Eparch | Robert Mark Pipta |
| Bishops emeritus | BishopJohn Michael Kudrick |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.parma.org | |
TheEparchy of Parma (Latin:Eparchia Parmensis Ruthenorum) is aneparchy (diocese) of theRuthenian Greek Catholic Church in the midwestern part of theUnited States. Its episcopal seat is theCathedral of St. John the Baptist inParma, Ohio. The eparchy's liturgies utilize theByzantine Rite.
It is asuffragan diocese of theArcheparchy of Pittsburgh in theecclesiastical province ofPittsburgh. The metropolis is dependent upon theRoman Congregation for the Oriental Churches. The eparchy is sometimes styled as the "Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma", referring to the title that the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church uses in the United States.[1]
As of 2014[update], the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma pastorally served 9,020 Eastern Catholics in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio in 28 parishes and 5 missions with 36 priests (diocesan), 16 deacons, 6 lay religious (6 sisters), 2 seminarians. Ten parishes in the Youngstown, Ohio area are part of theByzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.
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The eparchy was erected on February 21, 1969, byPope Paul VI as theEparchy of Parma (of the Ruthenians) / Eparchia Parmen(sis) Ruthenorum (Latin), on US territory split off from its present Metropolitan, then the Eparchy of Pittsburgh.[2][3] On March 22, 1969, Father John Mihalik wasappointed as its firstordinary.[4] He wasconsecrated as its eparch by ArchbishopStephen Kocisko on 12 June 1969.[4][5] On May 30, 1983, Father Andrew Pataki was appointed as theAuxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Passaic and consecrated by Kocisko on 23 August 1983 with the title of Titular Bishop of Telmissus.[5][6] When Mihalik died on 27 January 1984 Parma'ssee becamesede vacante.[7][4] Pataki was appointed as the eparch on June 19, 1984 and wasinstalled on August 16, 1985.[6]
The eparchy lost ecclesiastical territory on December 3, 1981, when theEparchy of Van Nuys was erected.[7][8] In 2024, the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist was relocated from its original Snow Road location to the former Holy Spirit Church in Parma.[9] The two Parma parishes along with the Dormition of the Mother of God parish in Cleveland had been merged in 2021.
The following bishops have beenappointed asordinaries of Parma eparchy.[7]