Joseph Žuk (d. February 24, 1934) was bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of North America. He was born in

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. He was educated at the Lviv Seminary and the University of Rome, where he graduated a Doctorate of Divinity.''Standard-Speaker'' (October 6, 1924), p. 11. He was at one time Rector of the Lviv Seminary. He moved to the United States in 1922.''New York Times'' (February 25, 1934), p. 31. He was made pastor of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Church in

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, Pennsylvania, in January 1924. He was consecrated bishop in 1932, within the

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