Most Rev. Borys Gudziak Appointed New Metropolitan-Archbishop of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Most Rev. Borys Gudziak
PHILADELPHIA, P.A. – On Monday, February 18th, 2019, it was announced that the Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Borys Gudziak as Archbishop of Philadelphia for Ukrainians and Metropolitan for the Ukrainian Catholic Church in USA.
Born in 1960 in Syracuse, New York, he is the son of immigrants from Ukraine. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and biology from Syracuse University in 1980 and then studied in Rome, in the circle of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. He received a STB degree in theology from the Pontifical Urban University in 1983 and then returned to America to pursue a doctorate in Slavic and Byzantine Cultural History at Harvard University which he successfully defended in 1992.
He was ordained as a priest on November 26, 1998, and in 2012 he was appointed Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Bishop Borys was an active supporter of the Maidan movement for human dignity and appeared regularly on leading global TV channels and media providing expert commentary. Borys Gudziak is the founder and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine and the head of Department of External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Borys Gudziak has received other numerous awards and distinctions. He has written articles in popular magazines, newspapers, commentary on political, cultural, and religious affairs, position papers on academic curricula and educational reform, and introductions to scholarly and spiritual publications. Source: The Way VOL. 80 – No. 4
