William C. Skurla

His Eminence [1] the Most Reverend William C. Skurla
Archeparch of Pittsburgh
Church	Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Metropolis	Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
Appointed	19 January 2012
Installed	18 April 2012
Predecessor	Basil Schott
Previous post(s)	Eparch of Van Nuys (2002–2008) Eparch of Passaic (2008–2012) Apostolic Administrator of Parma (2016–2017)
Orders
Ordination	1986 (deacon) ·23 May 1987 (priest) by  Michael Dudick [1]
Consecration	23 April 2002 by  Andrew Pataki, Basil Schott, and George Kuzma [2]
Personal details
Born	William Charles Skurla (1956-06-01) 1 June 1956 (age 69) Duluth, Minnesota, US
Denomination	Catholicism
Motto	May the Lord give you peace

Styles of William Charles Skurla
Reference style	His Eminence The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Eminence
Religious style	Archeparch

Ordination history of William C. Skurla
History Diaconal ordination Ordained by Michael Dudick [1] Date ?? ??? 1986 [1] Priestly ordination Ordained by Michael Dudick [1] Date 23 May 1987 [1] Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Andrew Pataki [2] Co-consecrators Basil Schott and George Kuzma [2] Date 23 April 2002 [2]
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by William C. Skurla as principal consecrator Kurt Richard Burnette [2] 4 December 2013 [3] Robert Mark Pipta 8 November 2023 Artur Bubnevych 28 January 2025

William Charles Skurla (born June 1, 1956) is the Archeparch (or Archbishop) of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh in the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. He is also, ex officio , the metropolitan bishop of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh whose geographic remit includes the entire United States and Canada. ^{[4] [5]} He succeeded Archbishop Basil Myron Schott. Skurla was appointed as metropolitan on 19 January 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI and enthroned at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Munhall, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 2012. ^[6]

Biography

William Charles Skurla was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on June 1, 1956. He graduated from Chisholm High School in Chisholm, Minnesota, in 1974, and received a philosophy degree from Columbia University in 1981. Skurla also studied at the Mary Immaculate Seminary, receiving Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees in 1986 and 1987, respectively. He joined a Byzantine Catholic Franciscan community in Sybertsville, Pennsylvania, in 1981 and became a professed member in 1985. Skurla was ordained as a deacon in 1986 and as a priest in 1987 at the St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church in Freeland, Pennsylvania. From 1996 to 2002 he was the pastoral administrator of the St. Melany Byzantine Catholic Church in Tucson, Arizona. ^[1]

He was consecrated as a bishop on April 23, 2002, becoming the third bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys, and in December 2007 he was appointed as the fourth Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic. Skurla was enthroned as bishop of the Eparchy of Passaic at the St. Michael Cathedral in Passaic, New Jersey, on January 29, 2008. He was named by Pope Benedict XVI as the fifth Metropolitan of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church in North America and eighth Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh on January 19, 2012. William Skurla was enthroned as metropolitan on April 18, 2012. ^[1]

See also

• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops in the United States

References

1. "Metropolitan Archbishop". Archeparchy of Pittsburgh. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
2. "Archbishop William Charles Skurla [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
3. "Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
4. Walsh, Sr. Mary Ann (January 19, 2012). "Pope Names Bishop Skurla Head Of Pittsburgh Archeparchy" . Retrieved January 19, 2012.
5. "Speakers". Byzantine Assembly. Archived from the original on 2025-05-24. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
6. "Archbishop Skurla enthroned as metropolitan of Byzantine archeparchy". April 24, 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.

External links

• Quotations related to William C. Skurla at Wikiquote
• His Eminence Most Reverend William C. Skurla, D.D. - The Carpathian Connection Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Archeparchy of Pittsburgh: Metropolitan Archbishop William Skurla Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
• William C. Skurla, Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic Archived 2013-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
• 2008 Enthronement (Passaic)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Andrew Pataki	Eparch of Van Nuys 2002–2008	Succeeded by Kurt Burnette
Preceded by George Kuzma	Eparch of Passaic 2008–2012	Succeeded by Gerald Nicholas Dino
Preceded by Basil Schott	Archeparch of Pittsburgh 2012–present	Incumbent