William C. Skurla

History
Ordination history of; William C. Skurla
Ordained by
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Michael Dudick
Date	?? ??? 1986
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Michael Dudick
Date	23 May 1987
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Andrew Pataki
Co-consecrators	Basil Schott and George Kuzma
Date	23 April 2002
Kurt Richard Burnette
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by William C. Skurla as principal consecrator
Kurt Richard Burnette	4 December 2013
Robert Mark Pipta	8 November 2023
Artur Bubnevych	28 January 2025

Styles of
**William Charles Skurla**
Styles of; William Charles Skurla
Reference style	His Eminence; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	His Eminence
Religious style	Archeparch

His Eminence^[1] the Most Reverend

William C. Skurla
His Eminence the Most Reverend; William C. Skurla
Archeparch of Pittsburgh
Church	Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Metropolis	Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
Appointed	19 January 2012
Installed	18 April 2012
Predecessor	Basil Schott
Previous post(s)	Eparch of Van Nuys (2002–2008); Eparch of Passaic (2008–2012); Apostolic Administrator of Parma (2016–2017);
Orders
Ordination	1986 (deacon) · 23 May 1987 (priest); by Michael Dudick
Consecration	23 April 2002; by Andrew Pataki, Basil Schott, and George Kuzma
Personal details
Born	William Charles Skurla; 1 June 1956; Duluth, Minnesota, US
Denomination	Catholicism
Motto	May the Lord give you peace

William Charles Skurla (born June 1, 1956) is the Archeparch (or Archbishop) of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh in the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. He is also, ex officio, the metropolitan bishop of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh whose geographic remit includes the entire United States and Canada.^[4]^[5] He succeeded Archbishop Basil Myron Schott. Skurla was appointed as metropolitan on 19 January 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI and enthroned at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Munhall, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 2012.^[6]

Biography

William Charles Skurla was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on June 1, 1956. He graduated from Chisholm High School in Chisholm, Minnesota, in 1974, and received a philosophy degree from Columbia University in 1981. Skurla also studied at the Mary Immaculate Seminary, receiving Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees in 1986 and 1987, respectively. He joined a Byzantine Catholic Franciscan community in Sybertsville, Pennsylvania, in 1981 and became a professed member in 1985. Skurla was ordained as a deacon in 1986 and as a priest in 1987 at the St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church in Freeland, Pennsylvania. From 1996 to 2002 he was the pastoral administrator of the St. Melany Byzantine Catholic Church in Tucson, Arizona.^[1]

He was consecrated as a bishop on April 23, 2002, becoming the third bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys, and in December 2007 he was appointed as the fourth Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic. Skurla was enthroned as bishop of the Eparchy of Passaic at the St. Michael Cathedral in Passaic, New Jersey, on January 29, 2008. He was named by Pope Benedict XVI as the fifth Metropolitan of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church in North America and eighth Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh on January 19, 2012. William Skurla was enthroned as metropolitan on April 18, 2012.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Archbishop William Charles Skurla [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
^ "Bishop Kurt Richard Burnette [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
^ Walsh, Sr. Mary Ann (January 19, 2012). "Pope Names Bishop Skurla Head Of Pittsburgh Archeparchy". Retrieved January 19, 2012.
^ "Speakers". Byzantine Assembly. Archived from the original on 2025-05-24. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
^ "Archbishop Skurla enthroned as metropolitan of Byzantine archeparchy". April 24, 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.