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The
Council of Hierarchs for the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan
Church sui iuris of Pittsburgh consists of all the
bishops of the Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh and is convoked and
presided over by Metropolitan Basil.
The
Archeparchy of Pittsburgh was established on September 1, 1924
as the first Byzantine Catholic exarchate in the United States.
The center, originally in New York, was moved to Munhall, Pa.
in 1925. In 1963, it was raised to the status of an eparchy.
In 1969, the Byzantine Metropolitan Church and Archeparchy
of Munhall were established. The Archeparchy was renamed the
Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh in 1977. The Chancery
office is located at 66 Riverview Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is located at 210 Greentree
Road, Munhall, Pa.
The
Eparchy of Passaic was established July 31, 1963 by dividing
up the then single Eparchy of Pittsburgh into two separate eparchies.
The Chancery office is located at 415 Lackawanna Avenue, West
Paterson, NJ. The Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel
is located at 96 First Street, Passaic, New Jersey.
The
Eparchy of Parma was established February 21, 1969 as the third
eparchy of the Byzantine Catholic Church in America. The Chancery
and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist are located at 1900
Carlton Road in Parma, Ohio.
The
Eparchy of Van Nuys was established March 9, 1982 as the fourth
eparchy of the Byzantine Catholic Church in America. The Cathedral
of St. Mary is located at 5329 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys California.
The Chancery was moved to St. Stephen Pro-Cathedral at
8141 North 16th Street in Phoenix, Arizona in 1994.
The
Council has established several Intereparchial Commissions charged
with coordinating policies, programs and other special activities
for the entire Byzantine Metropolitan Church sui iuris of Pittsburgh.
Those commissions include:
Intereparchial
Canonical Commission
Intereparchial Catechetical Board
Intereparchial Commission for Sacred Liturgy
Intereparchial Ecumenical Commission
Intereparchial Evangelization Commission
Intereparchial Music Commission
Intereparchial Youth Commission
Intereparchial Subcommittee for Young Adults
Intereparchial Vocation Commission
More information on the Metropolitan Commissions may be found
in the Ministries and Organization submenu category of the Council
of Hierarchs webpage.
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