Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Overview
 
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is the Catholic archeparchy governing all Ukrainian Greek Catholic eparchies and Ukrainian Greek Catholics in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Its headquarters are at 827 North Franklin Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

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The current metropolitan
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...

 is the Most Reverend
Most Reverend
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Stefan Soroka
Stefan Soroka
Stephen Soroka is a Canadian prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, currently serving as Archbishop of Philadelphia in the United States....

. The Archeparchy's territorial jurisdiction includes the District of Columbia, Virginia
Virginia
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, Maryland
Maryland
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, New Jersey
New Jersey
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, and the eastern and central portions of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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Ukrainian Catholics in the United States were given sui iuris
Sui iuris
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status as an ordinariate by Pope St. Pius X
Pope Pius X
Pope Saint Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox...

 in 1914.
 
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