Judson Procyk

Judson Procyk
Metropolitan Archeparch of Pittsburgh
Metropolitan Procyk holds the cross for veneration after Vespers at a monastery pilgrimage in California
ChurchRuthenian Greek Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArcheparchy of Pittsburgh
In officeNovember 9, 1994 – April 21, 2001
PredecessorThomas Dolinay
SuccessorBasil Schott
Orders
Ordination19 May 1957
by Nicholas Elko
Consecration7 February 1995
by Michael Dudick
Personal details
BornJudson Michael Procyk
(1931-04-09)April 9, 1931
DiedApril 24, 2001(2001-04-24) (aged 70)

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]

Formative years

Procyk was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1931. He was ordained as a priest at Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Pittsburgh on 19 May 1957.[3]

Career

Judson Procyk was appointed Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh on November 9, 1994, and ordained a bishop on 7 February 1995.

References

  1. ^ Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh (1999). Byzantine-Ruthenian Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh Directory. Pittsburgh: Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh. ISBN none.
  2. ^ Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop (2005). Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3566-3.
  3. ^ Cheney, David. "Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk" (profile), in "Catholic Hierarchy," 1996-2013.