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Stephen Sulyk ( uk, Стефа́н Су́лик; October 2, 1924 – April 6, 2020) was a Ukrainian-American hierarch who was an archbishop of the
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. He died from complications brought on by
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during the
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Biography

Sulyk was born in
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village
Balnica Balnica ( uk, Бальниця, ''Bal’nytsia'') is a former village in the administrative district of Gmina Komańcza, within Sanok County, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (province) of south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. ...
, Poland. On March 1, 1981, Sulyk was appointed
Archbishop of Philadelphia The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Philadelphia is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southeastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. It covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well a ...
. On February 27, 2001, he was succeeded by Stefan Soroka as Archbishop of Philadelphia. On April 5, 2020, Sulyk was taken to hospital due to
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where he died in April 2020, at the age of 95.Archbishop Stephen Sulyk, Metropolitan emeritus of the Philadelphia Archeparchy, passed away earlier today.
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Catholic Church in the United States With 23 percent of the United States' population , the Catholic Church is the country's second largest religious grouping, after Protestantism, and the country's largest single church or Christian denomination where Protestantism is divided i ...
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Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States This is a historical list of all bishops of the Catholic Church whose sees were within the present-day boundaries of the United States, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. It includes only members of the United States Conference of Cat ...
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List of Catholic bishops of the United States The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, including its five inhabited territories. The U.S. Catholic Church comprises: * 176 Latin Church dioceses led by bishops * 18 Eastern Catholic eparchies led by e ...
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Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops This is a directory of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops across various Christian denominations. To find an individual who was a bishop, see the most relevant article linked below or :Bishops. Lists Catholic * Bishop in the Catholic Chur ...


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Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Official Site
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