Judson Michael Procyk (April 9, 1931 – April 24, 2001) was the third Metropolitan Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, the American branch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church.[1][2]
Judson Procyk | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Archeparch of Pittsburgh | |
 Metropolitan Procyk holds the cross for veneration after Vespers at a monastery pilgrimage in California | |
| Church | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archeparchy of Pittsburgh |
| In office | November 9, 1994 – April 21, 2001 |
| Predecessor | Thomas Dolinay |
| Successor | Basil Schott |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 May 1957 by Nicholas Elko |
| Consecration | 7 February 1995 by Michael Dudick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Judson Michael Procyk April 9, 1931 |
| Died | April 24, 2001 (aged 70) |
Formative years
editProcyk was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1931. He was ordained as a priest at Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Pittsburgh on May 19, 1957.[3]
Career
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Judson Procyk was appointed Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh on November 9, 1994, and ordained a bishop on February 7, 1995.
External links
editReferences
edit- ↑ Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh (1999). Byzantine-Ruthenian Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh Directory. Pittsburgh: Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh. ISBN none.
- ↑ Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop (2005). Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3566-3.
- ↑ Cheney, David. "Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk" (profile), in "Catholic Hierarchy," 1996-2013.