Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church

Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
	St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Pittsburgh, United States
Classification	Eastern Catholic
Theology	Catholic theology
Polity	Episcopal
Structure	Metropolitanate
Primate	Metropolitan William C. Skurla
Associations	Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Region	United States, Czech Republic and Ukraine
Liturgy	Byzantine Rite
Headquarters	Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Origin	1646
Merger of	Union of Uzhhorod
Congregations	664
Members	419,500
Ministers	549
Other name(s)	Byzantine Catholic Church (US only)
Official website	archpitt.org

The Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, also known in the United States as the Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church that uses the Byzantine Rite. It is one of the 23 Eastern Catholic churches that are in full communion with the Holy See. There are two main communities within the church: American and European. In the United States, the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh is self-governing (sui iuris).^[1]

Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church Media

Metropolitan Judson Procyk (1931–2001) holds the cross for veneration after Vespers at a monastery pilgrimage in California in 1996

References

↑ "The Ruthenian Catholic Church". Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Archived from the original on August 6, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2010.

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[cnewa-1] "The Ruthenian Catholic Church". Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Archived from the original on August 6, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2010.

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