The Ruthenian Catholic Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Uzhhorod City, Ukraine, was built in the 17th century. (photo: Shutterstock) Victor Gaetan News October 27, 2014.

Parma, Ohio, Oct 4, 2019 / 15:18 pm. The Ruthenian Bishop of Parma last week erected Christ the Bridegroom Monastery as a female monastery sui iuris of eparchial right.. The decision was made "in ...

The Ruthenian Catholic Church also uses the Byzantine rite, and it is centered in an oblast that borders four of Ukraine's western neighbors. There are nearly 320,000 Catholics in the Mukachevo ...

The Ruthenian Church rejoined with Rome in 1646 and is now one of 22 different branches of the Catholic faith headed by the pope, O’Brien said. O’Brien said he was heavily influenced by his uncle.

Bubnevych was consecrated on Jan. 28 in this eparchy of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, which comprises 13 Western states.

He served in several Ruthenian Catholic parishes, including a 1998-2002 assignment as protopresbyter of the Cathedral of St. John in Munhall, before being consecrated a bishop in July 2002.

Except for such compelling reasons as scandal, heresy or outright incompetence, a Roman Catholic bishop is almost never separated from his see. For the past seven months, however, the Most Rev ...

For example, for a few years, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church thought the Ruthenian Church should become part of its hierarchical structure. “Of course, our clergy and people didn’t want that.