Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago
Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago Eparchia Sancti Nicolai Chicagiensis Ucrainorum | |
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The interior of St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Chicago | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Territory | Western United States, all of the Midwest (except Ohio), Alaska, and Hawaii |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | July 14, 1961 |
| Cathedral | St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Bishop | Venedykt Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. |
| Website | |
| Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago | |
The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the whole Western United States and Midwest (except Ohio), Alaska, and Hawaii. As of 2020, the St. Nicholas Eparchy has 43 churches and missions in the western USA.
The bishop of the eparchy is Venedykt Aleksiychuk as of April 20, 2017. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral is the mother church of the eparchy. The Eparchy of Chicago is a suffragan eparchy in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia.