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

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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

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Metropolitan Judson Procyk blesses pilgrims from a pilgrimage at Holy Resurrection Monastery, an Eastern Catholic monastery in California.
 
Metropolitan Procyk holds the cross for veneration after Vespers at a monastery pilgrimage in California.

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

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References

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  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.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of the Metropolia of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian)
1994–2001
Succeeded by