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Judson Procyk

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Judson Procyk
Metropolitan Archeparch of Pittsburgh
Metropolitan Procyk holds the cross for veneration after Vespers at a monastery pilgrimage in California
Metropolitan Procyk holds the cross for veneration after Vespers at a monastery pilgrimage in California
Church Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
In office November 9, 1994 – April 21, 2001
Predecessor Thomas Dolinay
Successor Basil Schott
Orders
Ordination 19 May 1957
by Nicholas Elko
Consecration 7 February 1995
by Michael Dudick
Personal details
Born Judson Michael Procyk
April 9, 1931
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died April 24, 2001 (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. Back to citation Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh (1999). Byzantine-Ruthenian Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh Directory. Pittsburgh: Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh. ISBN none.
  2. Back to citation Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop (2005). Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3566-3.
  3. Back to citation Cheney, David. "Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk" (profile), in "Catholic Hierarchy," 1996-2013.