Judson Procyk Explained

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 May 19, 1957.^[3]

Career

Judson Procyk was appointed Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh on November 9, 1994, and ordained a bishop on February 7, 1995.

External links

• His Excellency Metropolitan Judson Procyk, D.D. - The Carpathian Connection
• Judson Procyk information page at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• The Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
• Byzantine Catholic Church in America

Notes and References

1. Book: Byzantine Catholic Metropolia of Pittsburgh . Byzantine-Ruthenian Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh Directory . Pittsburgh . Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh . 1999 . ISBN none.
2. Book: Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop . Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture . Toronto . University of Toronto Press . 2005 . 0-8020-3566-3 . registration .
3. Cheney, David. "Archbishop Judson Michael Procyk" (profile), in "Catholic Hierarchy," 1996-2013.