Stephen Sulyk

His Grace, The Most Reverend Stephen Sulyk
Archeparch of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Diocese	Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Installed	March 1, 1981
Term ended	November 29, 2000
Predecessor	Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky
Successor	Stefan Soroka
Orders
Ordination	June 14, 1952 by Constantine Bohachevsky
Consecration	March 1, 1981 by Josyf Slipyj, Basil H. Losten, and Neil Savaryn
Personal details
Born	(1924-10-02)October 2, 1924 Balnica, Second Polish Republic
Died	April 6, 2020(2020-04-06) (aged 95) Voorhees Township, New Jersey, U.S.

Styles of Stephen Sulyk
Reference style	His Grace The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Grace
Religious style	Archbishop

Ordination history of Stephen Sulyk
History Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Josyf Slipyj Date March 1, 1981
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Stephen Sulyk as principal consecrator Robert Mikhail Moskal October 13, 1981 Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. April 27, 1988 Wolodymyr Paska March 19, 1992 Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. September 28, 1993

Stephen Sulyk (Ukrainian: Стефа́н Су́лик; October 2, 1924 – April 6, 2020) was a Ukrainian-American hierarch who was an archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He died from complications brought on by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biography

Sulyk was born in the Ukrainian village of Balnica, Poland. On March 1, 1981, Sulyk was appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia. 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 COVID-19 where he died in April 2020, at the age of 95.

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

External links

• Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia Official Site