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Dear Remie:

Do you know if this Eparchy has a web site?

Thank you very much,

Stefan

From one of my old posts...

When the Exarchate of Pittsburgh was created in 1924, the existing Hungarian parishes were made a part of it, along with all "Ruthenian" Greek Catholics who came from the former Kingdom of Hungary (Romanians were excluded from this). Virtually all the parishes were pre-existing, and they were officially designated as Magyar (Hungarian) parishes.

In the intervening 75+ years, many of them have dwindled and been closed (e.g., two in Youngstown, Ohio; one each in Detroit and Chicago; Trenton, NJ). Others still exist in Toledo, Lorain, & Solon, Ohio; Munhall, PA (St. Elias, not the cathedral parish); Duquesne, PA; McKeesport, PA; Bridgeport, CT; New Brunswick, NJ; and Perth Amboy, NJ. There is one in Manhattan as well.

Also St. Mary's in Coatesville, PA, while not officially designated as a Magyar parish, had a majority of its congregation as Magyar-speaking.

In the U.S., most of the Hungarian Greek Catholics were assimilated (Magyarized) Carpathian people; a minority were assimilated Romanians.

Today the remaining Hungarian element is mostly given lip service in the Byzantine American(ized) Metropolia.

Also, of course, there remains the Monastery of the Basilian Fathers of Mariapocs at Matawan, New Jersey, most of whom are natives of Hungary.

Dear Stefan Ivan:

If you asked me about the Slovak diocese of Canada, I've been searching and they don't have a web site.
The Roumanian Greek Catholic Exarchate of Canada has an very small web page but it hasn't been finished:
You can e-mail Father Radu but he's quebecois and he doesn't speak english (I'm not sure).
http://www3.sympatico.ca/radu.roscanu/

This page has a lot of links: http://www.ucet.ca/links.html

c ya!

I had posted a reply to one of the messages in this discussion prior to the old server crashing and my reply did not survive, so I will re-post.

In response to the topic of Hungarian Greek Catholics, there exist several parishes in Ontario, Canada with three in the Niagara-Hamilton region and one in Windsor, Ontario which was in error mentioned as being closed.

Protection of The Mother of God parish in Windsor (St. Mary's) is indeed very much alive and has a very dynamic pastor, Father Louis Angyal, who is bi-ritual and also serves the Hungarian Roman Catholic parish and also ministers as a school and hospital chaplain.

The Hungarians also have an Arch-priest, Very Rev. Stephen Bodnar of St. George's Hungarian Byzantine in Courtland, Ontario.

It is correct that they are part of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Toronto.

Are not the Hungarian Catholics in Ontario part of the Slovak Eparchy of Sts. Cyril and Methodius? The clergy from the Slovak eparchy are included in the Ukrainian Catholic clergy directory, but I was under the impression that they have some kind of sui juris standing.

As I write, have in my hand the PRAYER BOOK for Greek Catholic Hungarians of America published 1940 by Rev. Julius Grigassy in English amd Magyar.

Rev. Julius Grigassy... whose grandson is a Catholic priest, currently living in Maryland.

Earlier it was mentioned that the Hungarian Greek Catholics in Ontario might be part of the Slovak Eparchy in Canada, however they actually fall under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada. The Hungarian churches as well as their location and priests are included in the Ukrainian Eparchy's web site. As far as the Slovak clergy being included in the Ukrainian clergy directory, at one time they were but I am not sure if that is still the case.

This is what I have been trying to figure out. Thanks Rich, and look how long ago you posted it!

Slovaks in Canada were given their own Eparchy some time ago. Stephen Roman, a wealthy member, has a Cathedral built north of Toronto.
That Cathedral was the centerpiece of a new real-estate development. A controversy emerged leading to:


Romanians in Canada were under the Toronto Ukrainian Eparchy but were transferred to the Canton (Ohio) Romanian Eparchy about a decade ago

There are two Byzantine rite Hungarian parishes still in the Toronto Ukrainian Eparchy (Hamilton & Welland, Ontario):

Toronto Eparchy website [ucet.ca]