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
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States
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.

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.

Career

Metropolitan Judson Procyk blesses pilgrims from a pilgrimage at Holy Resurrection Monastery, an Eastern Catholic monastery in California.

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.