His Grace William Charles Skurla |
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Archeparch of Pittsburgh | |
Metropolis | Archeparchy of Pittsburgh |
Appointed | 19 January 2012 |
Installed | 18 April 2012 |
Predecessor | Basil Myron Schott |
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Ordination | 23 May 1987 |
Consecration | 23 April 2002 by Andrew Pataki, Basil Schott and George Kuzma |
Personal details | |
Born |
Duluth, Minnesota, USA |
1 June 1956
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
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Motto | May the Lord give you peace |
Styles of Stefan Soroka |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | His Grace |
Religious style | Archeparch |
William Charles Skurla (born June 1, 1956 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is the Metropolitan Archeparch or Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh. He succeeded Archbishop Basil Myron Schott, who died in August 2010 of lymphoma. Skurla was appointed on January 19, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI as metropolitan, and enthroned in a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Munhall, Pennsylvania on April 18, 2012.