Robert Mikhail Moskal
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His Grace, The Most Reverend Robert Mikhail Moskal | |
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Eparch Emeritus of Saint Josaphat in Parma | |
Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Diocese | Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma |
Installed | 1984 |
Term ended | July 29, 2009 |
Predecessor | First Bishop |
Successor | Bohdan Danylo |
Orders | |
Ordination | March 25, 1963 by Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. |
Consecration | October 13, 1981 by Stephen Sulyk, Basil H. Losten and Innocent Lotocky |
Personal details | |
Born | Carnegie, Pennsylvania | October 24, 1937
Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia Titular Bishop of Agathopolis |
Styles of Robert Mikhail Moskal | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | His Grace |
Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Mikhail Moskal (born October 24, 1937) is a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the first eparch (bishop) of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma from 1984 to 2009.
Biography[]
Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Moskal was ordained a priest for the Archeparchy of Philadelphia on March 25, 1963, by Archbishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M.. Pope John Paul II named Moskal as the Titular Bishop of Agathopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia on August 3, 1981. He was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Stephen Sulyk on October 13, 1981. The principal co-consecrators were eparchs Basil Losten of Stamford and Innocent Lotocky, O.S.B.M. of Chicago. Moskal was named the first eparch of Parma on December 5, 1983. He served the eparchy until his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on July 29, 2009.[1][2]
See also[]
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References[]
- ^ "Bishop Robert Mikhail Moskal". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-24.[self-published source]
- ^ "Ukrainian Diocese of Saint Josaphat in Parma". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
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Episcopal succession[]
- 1937 births
- Living people
- People from Carnegie, Pennsylvania
- Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- American Eastern Catholic bishops
- 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops
- 21st-century American clergy