William C. Skurla

William Charles Skurla (born June 1, 1956, in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is the Primate of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church and the Metropolitan Archeparch or Archbishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.[3] He succeeded Archbishop Basil Myron Schott, who died in August 2010 of lymphoma. Skurla was appointed on January 19, 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI as metropolitan, and enthroned in a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Munhall, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 2012.[4]

His Grace the Most Reverend

William C. Skurla
Archeparch of Pittsburgh
ChurchRuthenian Greek Catholic Church
MetropolisArcheparchy of Pittsburgh
Appointed19 January 2012
Installed18 April 2012
PredecessorBasil Schott
Orders
Ordination1986 (deacon) · 23 May 1987 (priest)
by Michael Dudick[1]
Consecration23 April 2002
by Andrew Pataki, Basil Schott, and George Kuzma[2]
Personal details
Born
William Charles Skurla

(1956-06-01) 1 June 1956
Duluth, Minnesota, US
DenominationCatholicism
Previous post(s)
MottoMay the Lord give you peace

See also

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. Walsh, Sr. Mary Ann (January 19, 2012). "Pope Names Bishop Skurla Head Of Pittsburgh Archeparchy". Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  4. "Archbishop Skurla enthroned as metropolitan of Byzantine archeparchy". April 24, 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.


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