Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford

{{Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy |Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of=Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Stamford |Ukrainian name of Eparchy= |Latin name of Eparchy=Eparchia Stanfordensis Ucrainorum |image=[[Image:StamfordCTBldgAtStBasilCollegeCampus07262007.JPG|center|250px]] |caption="The Chateau" at St. Basil College in [[Stamford, Connecticut]] was originally a college dormitory and now houses the Ukrainian Museum and Library of Stamford. |location=[[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]], [[Connecticut]], [[United States]] |territory=[[New York State]] and [[New England]] |population=16,000 Catholics |rite=[[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine]] |church=[[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Greek Catholic]] |patron= |province=[[List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians|Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia]] |established=December 5, 1983 |cathedral=[[St. Volodymyr Cathedral]] |co-cathedral= |leadership=[[Paul Patrick Chomnycky]], [[O.S.B.M.]] |website=[http://www.stamforddio.org/ Eparchy of Stamford website] |pope=[[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] |patriarch=[[Sviatoslav Shevchuk]] |metropolitan=[[Stefan Soroka]] Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia |auxiliary bishops= |bishop=[[Paul Patrick Chomnycky]], [[O.S.B.M.]], Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford}} The '''Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford''' is a diocese of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church|Ukrainian Catholic Church]], covering parishes in [[New York State]] and [[New England]]. The diocesan headquarters in [[Stamford, Connecticut]], includes St. Volodymyr Cathedral, a chancery at 14 Peveril Road in Stamford, St. Basil College, and aA Ukrainian museum. The diocese publishes ''The Sower'', a monthly newsletter with articles written in both English and Ukrainian, from its offices in Stamford. The Eparchy of Stamford is a suffragan diocese of the [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia]], which has authority over all Ukrainian Catholic dioceses and Ukrainian Catholics in the United States. ==History== The Eparchy of Stamford was created in 1956 by [[Pope Pius XII]]. The territory was formerly administered by the Eparchate of Philadelphia. Bishop Ambrose Senyshyn of Stamford was named exarchate of the new eparchy. Senyshyn was president of the Ukrainian diocesan schools in Stamford, including the now-defunct St. Basil's Preparatory School. ==Diocesan bishop (eparch)== The diocesan bishop (eparch) of the diocese is Bishop [[Paul Patrick Chomnycky]], [[O.S.B.M.]]. ==St. Basil College Seminary== The Eparchy operates the tiny St. Basil College Seminary at 161 Glenbrook Road in Stamford. The college's mission is to educate and prepare men who desire to pursue a vocation to the priesthood for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. "St. Basil is the only Ukrainian Catholic liberal arts college, the only one of its kind outside of Ukraine fully accredited as a senior college by the State Board of Education," according to the Eparchy. [[Lubomyr Husar]], [[Major Archbishop]] of the Ukrainian Greek Major-Archdiocese of Lviv, and one of the [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]s considered a possible successor to [[Pope John Paul II]] in 2005, was educated at St. Basil's College. The college opened in September 1939. By 2007 it had graduated 130 students, of which 127 have been ordained to the priesthood, including six elevated to the episcopacy, and the current patriarch and head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Most of the students have been Ukrainian Catholics interested studying spirituality, the Ukrainian rite, Ukrainian history, civilization, language, and literature. In May 2007 three students graduated. The state Department of Higher Education, in the fall of 2005, reaccredited the college for another five years. The American Academy for Liberal Education also granted "institutional pre-accreditation" in 2005. ==Preparatory school== The eparchy operated the St. Basil Preparatory School on the cathedral campus from 1933 to 1990. Alumni from the boys' high school typically has reunions every five years for each class. The school was founded by Archbishop Constantine Bohachevsky as "Ukrainian Catholic High School", and its alumni include more than 75 Ukrainian and Roman Catholic priests and two former Connecticut state judges. ==Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians== {{See|List of the Catholic bishops of the United States#Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians}} The eparchy is one of three suffragan eparchies of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia, which also includes the [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia]], the [[Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Parma]], and the [[Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago|Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago]]. ===Connecticut=== [[Image:StamfordCTStBasilsCollege07262007.JPG|thumb|right|250px|St. Basil College building]] *[[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]] – Cathedral *[[Ansonia, Connecticut|Ansonia]] *[[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]] *[[Colchester, Connecticut|Colchester]] *[[Glastonbury, Connecticut|Glastonbury]] *[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] *[[New Britain, Connecticut|New Britain]] *[[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]] *[[Terryville, Connecticut|Terryville]] *[[Willimantic, Connecticut|Willimantic]] ===Massachusetts=== *[[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]] *[[Ludlow, Massachusetts|Ludlow]] *[[Jamaica Plain]] ([[Boston]]) *[[Pittsfield, Massachusetts|Pittsfield]] *[[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] *[[South Deerfield, Massachusetts|South Deerfield]] ===New York=== {{Col-start}} {{Col-break}} *[[Amsterdam (city), New York|Amsterdam]] *[[Auburn, New York|Auburn]] *[[Bedford Hills, New York|Bedford Hills]] *[[The Bronx|Bronx]] *[[Brooklyn]] – North Fifth Street *Brooklyn – Nineteenth Street *[[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] *[[Campbell Hall, New York|Campbell Hall]] *[[Cohoes, New York|Cohoes]] *[[Elmira Heights, New York|Elmira Heights]] *[[Fresh Meadows, Queens|Fresh Meadows]] *[[Glen Spey, New York|Glen Spey]] *[[Hempstead (town), New York|Hempstead]] *[[Hudson, New York|Hudson]] *[[Hunter (town), New York|Hunter]] *[[Johnson City, New York|Johnson City]] *[[Kenmore, New York|Kenmore]] *[[Kerhonkson, New York|Kerhonkson]] *[[Lackawanna, New York|Lackawanna]] {{Col-break}} *[[Lancaster (town), New York|Lancaster]] *[[Little Falls (town), New York|Little Falls]] *[[Lindenhurst, New York|Lindenhurst]] *[[Long Island City, Queens|Long Island City]] *[[New York City]] – [[Manhattan]] *[[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]] *[[Ozone Park, Queens|Ozone Park]] *[[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]] *[[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] – Carter Street *Rochester – Ridge Road East *[[Rome, New York|Rome]] *[[Spring Valley, New York|Spring Valley]] *[[Staten Island]] *[[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] *[[Troy, New York|Troy]] *[[Utica, New York|Utica]] *[[Watervliet, New York|Watervliet]] *[[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]] {{Col-end}} ==See also== {{Portal|Catholicism}} *[[Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family]] *[[List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States]] *[[List of the Catholic dioceses of the United States]] *[[List of bishops]] ==External links== *[http://www.stamforddio.org/ Eparchy of Stamford official website] {{Ukrainian Catholic Hierarchy}} {{Catholicism}} {{coord missing|Pennsylvania}}