Diocese of Stamford, USA 🇺🇸 (Ukrainian Rite)

Continent: North America

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Stamford / Stanforden(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Philadelphia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Saint Josaphat in Parma (↙), Toronto (↑), Philadelphia (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1956.07.20: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Stamford / Stanforden(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (from Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America)
1958.07.10: Promoted as Diocese of Stamford / Stanforden(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Philadelphia)

Contact Info

Address: 14 Peveril Rd., Stamford, CT 06902-3019, USA

Phone: +1 (203) 324-7698

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.01.03 – ...):

Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Stamford (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. (71)
(2006.01.03 – ...)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA)

Господь мій Пастир

Born:	1954.05.19 (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1988.10.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.06.11

Titular Bishop of Buffada (2002.04.05 – 2006.01.03)

Apostolic Exarch of Great Britain of the Ukrainians (England) (2002.04.05 – 2006.01.03)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA) (2006.01.03 – ...)

Bishop Basil Harry Losten
(1977.09.20 – 2006.01.03)

Мужність

Born:	1930.05.11 (Chesapeake City, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.05.25
Died:	2024.09.15 (Stamford, CT, USA † 94)

Priest of Philadelphia (USA) (1957.06.10 – 1971.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia (1971.03.15 – 1977.09.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1971.03.15 – 1977.09.20)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA) (1977.09.20 – 2006.01.03)

Bishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk (later Archbishop)
(1961.08.14 – 1977.09.20)

Born:	1912.08.06 (Wall, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1936.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.11.08
Died:	1978.12.25 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria (1956.07.20 – 1961.08.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1956.07.20 – 1961.08.14)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA) (1961.08.14 – 1977.09.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1977.09.20 – 1978.12.25)

Bishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. (later Archbishop)
(1958.07.10 – 1961.08.14)

Born:	1903.02.23 (Stary Sambir, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1931.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.10.22
Died:	1976.09.11 († 73)

Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America of the Ukrainians (USA) (1942.07.06 – 1956.07.20)

Titular Bishop of Maina (1942.07.06 – 1958.07.10)

Apostolic Exarch of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA) (1956.07.20 – 1958.07.10)

Bishop of Stamford of the Ukrainians (USA) (1958.07.10 – 1961.08.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1961.08.14 – 1976.09.11)

Apostolic Exarchs of Stamford (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. (later Archbishop)
(1956.07.20 – 1958.07.10)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Vladimir Cathedral, Stamford, Connecticut
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (57)

Saint Josaphat in Parma (↙), Toronto (↑), Philadelphia (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 15,837 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes

Personnel: 64 priests (55 diocesan, 9 religious), 14 deacons, 44 religious (11 brothers, 33 sisters), 6 seminarians

Ukrainian Diocese of

Stamford