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About Our Eparchy
- The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is part of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Pope of Rome. Our eparchy (diocese) serves the faithful in the Eastern United States and is rooted in the rich traditions of Byzantine liturgy, spirituality, and culture.
- Established by Pope John Paul II on December 5, 1983, the Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma was created to better serve Ukrainian Catholics living in the Midwest and Southeastern United States. We are named in honor of Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych, a 17th-century martyr and champion of Church unity.
- Our eparchy is headquartered in Parma, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland, and serves a diverse and growing community across several states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and others.
- The Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma is a suffragan eparchy under the metropolitan authority of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. As part of the global Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, we preserve our Eastern identity while actively participating in the life of the Catholic Church worldwide.
- We are committed to proclaiming the Gospel, celebrating the sacraments in the Byzantine tradition, and nurturing a vibrant spiritual life rooted in prayer, community, and service.
Our Bishop
Bishop Bohdan Danylo
Bohdan J. Danylo, was born May 22, 1971 in Gizycko, Poland, the son of Miroslaw and Olga Danylo (nee Gajocha). He is the older of two children. His sister Maria with her husband Bogdan Fedirko live in Chicago, Illinois.
Bishop grew up in Przemysl (Peremyshl), where he attended grade school and high school. After graduating from II Liceum in 1990, he entered seminary formation at the Metropolitan Seminary in Lublin, and studied philosophy at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. In 1992, he immigrated with his family to the United States of America where he continued his theological studies at the Catholic University of America while residing at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Washington, DC.
In 1996, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sacred Theology.
Bishop has a connection to the Eparchy of Parma, inasmuch as his paternal grandfather, John Danylo was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1909 and left America for Eastern Europe before outset of World War I.
On October 1, 1996, Bishop Danylo was ordained a priest for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford by Bishop Basil H. Losten at St. Basil Seminary chapel in Stamford, CT. For a year following his ordination he served as an assistant pastor at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hartford, CT. In 1997 he was assigned as the Dean of Men and Procurator of St. Basil College Seminary. In 2001, he was appointed the Vice Rector of St. Basil College Seminary and served in this position until 2004.
In 2004/05, Bishop resided at the Casa Santa Maria in Rome, where he earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Upon returning to the Eparchy of Stamford in September 2005, he was appointed Rector/President of St. Basil Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Stamford, CT.
On August 12, 2007, Bishop Paul Chomnycky, OSBM, Eparch of Stamford bestowed on Father Danylo the title of Very Reverend Archpriest.
In his eparchial assignments Bishop-elect Danylo served as Vocations Director and Youth Director for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, as secretary of the Presbyteral Council, as board member of the Eparchial Priests’ Benevolence Plan, and as executive secretary of the Pastoral Council.
In addition Bishop Danylo serves as secretary of the Patriarchal Commission for Clergy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and is a member of the Working Group for the Development of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Bishop Danylo also serves as Board Director of the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics in America, and is a member of the League of Ukrainian Catholics of America.
On August 7, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him the Eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic
Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, OH.