His Grace, The Most Reverend Stephen Sulyk |
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Archeparch Emeritus of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia | |
Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Diocese | Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia |
Installed | March 1, 1981 |
Term ended | November 29, 2000 |
Predecessor | Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky |
Successor | Stefan Soroka |
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Ordination | June 14, 1952 by Constantine Bohachevsky |
Consecration | March 1, 1981 by Josyf Slipyj, Basil H. Losten, and Neil Savaryn |
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Born |
Balnica, Poland |
October 2, 1924
Styles of Stephen Sulyk |
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Spoken style | His Grace |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Ordination history of Stephen Sulyk |
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Episcopal consecration
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Consecrated by | Josyf Slipyj |
Date of consecration | March 1, 1981 |
Episcopal succession | |
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Bishops consecrated by Stephen Sulyk as principal consecrator
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Robert Mikhail Moskal | October 13, 1981 |
Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. | April 27, 1988 |
Wolodymyr Paska | March 19, 1992 |
Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. | September 28, 1993 |
Stephen Sulyk (Ukrainian: Стефа́н Су́лик; born October 2, 1924) is a Ukrainian-American priest who is a retired archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. He was born in Balnica, Poland.
He immigrated to the United States in the 1940s and became a U.S. citizen in 1955. On March 1, 1981, Sulyk was appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia. On February 27, 2001 he was succeeded by Stefan Soroka as Archbishop of Philadelphia.