Honorific-Prefix: | His Grace, The Most Reverend |
Stephen Sulyk | |
Archeparch of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia | |
Church: | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia |
Enthroned: | March 1, 1981 |
Term End: | November 29, 2000 |
Predecessor: | Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky |
Successor: | Stefan Soroka |
Ordination: | June 14, 1952 |
Ordained By: | Constantine Bohachevsky |
Consecration: | March 1, 1981 |
Birth Date: | 2 October 1924 |
Death Place: | Voorhees Township, New Jersey,[1] U.S. |
Stephen Sulyk | |
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Stephen Sulyk (Ukrainian: Стефа́н Су́лик; October 2, 1924 – April 6, 2020)[2] was a Ukrainian-American hierarch who was an archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He died from complications brought on by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sulyk was born in the Ukrainian village pf Balnica, Poland. On March 1, 1981, Sulyk was appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia. On February 27, 2001, he was succeeded by Stefan Soroka as Archbishop of Philadelphia.[3] [4]
On April 5, 2020, Sulyk was taken to hospital due to COVID-19[5] where he died in April 2020, at the age of 95.[6]