The Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic is the Catholic

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 eparchy

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 (diocese

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) governing most Byzantine Catholics in the eastern United States

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. Its headquarters are at 445 Lackawanna Avenue, Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson). The current bishop

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 is the Most Reverend

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 William C. Skurla

William C. Skurla

William C. Skurla is the Eparch or Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic-External Links:**...

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The Eparchy was erected July 6, 1963 and its seat is the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, in Passaic, New Jersey

Passaic, New Jersey

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. Its first bishop was Stephen Kocisko

Stephen Kocisko

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. Currently, the Eparchy has 89 parishes under its canonical jurisdiction.

See also

• Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
  Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh
  The Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh is an autonomous Byzantine Rite particular church of the Catholic Church, originally serving members of the Ruthenian Catholic Church and their descendants in the United States...
  
  
• Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
  Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
  The Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh is the Catholic archeparchy governing all of the Byzantine Catholic Church in the Western portion of Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and in the states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia...
  
  
• Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma
  Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma
  The Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma is the Catholic eparchy governing most Byzantine Catholics in the midwestern United States. Its headquarters are at 1900 Carlton Road, Parma, Ohio. The current bishop is the Most Reverend John Kudrick....
  
  
• Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix
• List of the Catholic bishops of the United States #Metropolia of Pittsburgh for the Ruthenians