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Styles of Stefan Soroka
Reference style	His Grace The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Grace
Religious style	Metropolitan

Stefan Soroka (born November 13, 1951) is a Canadian prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). He served as Archbishop of Philadelphia and Metropolitan of the UGCC in the United States from 2000 to 2018.

Life and career

He was born to Ivan (1920–1993) and Anna (née Galek, 1920–1973) Soroka in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where his family had immigrated that exact same year. After studying at the Catholic University of America, the University of Manitoba, and St. Josaphat Seminary, Soroka was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R., on June 13, 1982. He then served as Vice-Chancellor (1985–1994) and Chancellor (1994–1996) of Winnipeg, along with doing pastoral work.

On March 29, 1996, Soroka was appointed Titular Bishop of Acarassus and Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of Winnipeg. He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 13 from Archbishop Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R., with Bishops Cornelius Pasichny, OSBM, and Wolodymyr Paska serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Ss. Vladimir and Olga.

Soroka was named the sixth Archbishop of Philadelphia on November 29, 2000, and was installed as such on February 27, 2001. In this capacity, he was the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Philadelphia, which is in full communion with the Holy See. Pope Francis accepted his resignation for medical reasons on April 16, 2018.

He obtained his baccalaureate in theology from the CUA in May 1982, and his master's in social work from the University of Manitoba in May 1973.

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

Notes

1. "Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia". Ukrarcheparchy.us. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
2. David M. Cheney. "Archbishop Stephen Soroka [Catholic-Hierarchy]". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
3. "Resignations and Appointments, 16.04.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
4. "Ukrainian Archbishop of Philadelphia retires for health reasons". Catholic News Agency. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.

External links

• Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Official Site

Episcopal succession

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Hierarchy including Ecclesiastical circumscriptions
Major archeparchy	Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Archeparchies	Kyiv: Sviatoslav Shevchuk Lviv: Ihor Vozniak Przemyśl–Warsaw: Eugeniusz Popowicz Winnipeg: Lawrence Huculak Philadelphia: Borys Gudziak Ivano-Frankivsk: Volodymyr Viytyshyn Ternopil–Zboriv: Teodor Martynyuk São João Batista em Curitiba: Valdomiro Koubetch
Eparchies	Ukraine Buchach: Dmytro Hryhorak Chernivtsi: Yosafat Moschych Kamyanets–Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz Sokal–Zhovkva: Petro Loza Stryi: Taras Senkiv Poland Olsztyn–Gdańsk: Arkadiusz Trochanowski Wrocław–Koszalin: Włodzimierz Juszczak Canada Edmonton: David Motiuk Saskatoon: Michael Smolinski New Westminster: Michael Kwiatkowski Toronto and Eastern Canada: Bryan Bayda United States Saint Nicholas of Chicago: Venedykt Aleksiychuk Saint Josaphat in Parma: Bohdan Danylo Stamford: Paul Chomnycky Brazil Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis: Meron Mazur Argentina Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires: Daniel Kozelinski Netto Australia and New Zealand Saints Peter and Paul of Australia: Mykola Bychok United Kingdom Holy Family of London: Kenneth Nowakowski France, Benelux and Switzerland Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris: Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic Administrator)
Apostolic exarchates	Germany and Scandinavia Bohdan Dzyurakh Italy and San Marino Dionisio Lachovicz
Archiepiscopal exarchates	Donetsk: Maksym Ryabukha Kharkiv: Vasyl Tuchapets Krym: Mykhaylo Bubniy (Archiepiscopal Administrator) Odesa: Mykhaylo Bubniy Lutsk: Yosafat Hovera
Apostolic visitors	Chile: Daniel Kozelinski Netto Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski Northern Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski Paraguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto Uruguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto Venezuela: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
Curial and auxiliary bishops	Volodymyr Firman (Ternopil–Zboriv) Petro Holiney (Kolomyia) Volodymyr Hrutsa (Lviv) Andriy Khimyak (Kyiv) Hryhoriy Komar (Sambir–Drohobych) Bohdan Manyshyn (Stryi) Yosyf Milyan (Kyiv) Andriy Rabiy (Winnipeg) Mykola Semenyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk) Stepan Sus (Curial Bishop)
Bishops emeritus	Jan Martyniak (Metropolitan) (Przemyśl – Warsaw) Vasyl Semeniuk (Metropolitan) (Ternopil–Zboriv) Stefan Soroka (Metropolitan) (Philadelphia) Iryney Bilyk (Buchach) Mykhaylo Koltun (Sokal–Zhovkva) Petro Kryk (Germany and Scandinavia) Stepan Meniok (Donetsk) Peter Stasiuk (Saints Peter and Paul of Australia) Michael Wiwchar (Saskatoon)
Defunct circumscriptions	Poland Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna Eparchy of Kholm and Belz Conversion of Chełm Eparchy Ukraine Eparchy of Zboriv
Ruthenian Uniate Church	Eparchy of Suprasl Archeparchy of Polotsk Eparchy of Turov and Pinsk Eparchy of Volodymyr and Brest Eparchy of Lutsk and Ostroh Archeparchy of Smolensk
Seminaries	Kyiv Lviv Drohobych Ivano-Frankivsk Ternopil Rome Stamford Washington D.C. Edmonton Curitiba
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