Structure
The Ruthenian Church has four eparchies in the United States of America and one eparchy plus an Apostolic Exarchate in Europe. As of 2010, its membership was estimated at some 646,000 faithful, with seven bishops, 626 parishes, 501 priests, 67 deacons, and 234 men and women religious
Metropolia of Pittsburgh (one archeparchy, three suffragan eparchies):
- Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (established in 1924)
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma (1969)
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic (1963)
- Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix (founded 1981 at Van Nuys, transferred in 2010)
Immediately subject to the Holy See:
- Eparchy of Mukacheve in Ukraine (1771)
- Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic (1996)
One issue preventing organization of the Ruthenian Catholic Church under a single synod is the desire of some of the priests and faithful of the Eparchy of Mukacheve that it should be part of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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