Stephen Sulyk

History
Ordination history of; Stephen Sulyk
Consecrated by
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by	Josyf Slipyj
Date	March 1, 1981
Robert Mikhail Moskal
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Stephen Sulyk as principal consecrator
Robert Mikhail Moskal	October 13, 1981
Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R.	April 27, 1988
Wolodymyr Paska	March 19, 1992
Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R.	September 28, 1993

Styles of
**Stephen Sulyk**
Styles of; Stephen Sulyk
Reference style	His Grace; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	His Grace
Religious style	Archbishop

His Grace, The Most Reverend

Stephen Sulyk
His Grace, The Most Reverend; Stephen Sulyk
Archeparch of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Diocese	Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Installed	March 1, 1981
Term ended	November 29, 2000
Predecessor	Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky
Successor	Stefan Soroka
Orders
Ordination	June 14, 1952; by Constantine Bohachevsky
Consecration	March 1, 1981; by Josyf Slipyj, Basil H. Losten, and Neil Savaryn
Personal details
Born	October 2, 1924; Balnica, Second Polish Republic
Died	April 6, 2020 (aged 95); Voorhees Township, New Jersey, U.S.

Stephen Sulyk (Ukrainian: Стефа́н Су́лик; October 2, 1924 – April 6, 2020)^[2] was a Ukrainian-American hierarch who was an archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He died from complications brought on by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biography

Sulyk was born in the Ukrainian village of Balnica, Poland. On March 1, 1981, Sulyk was appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia. On February 27, 2001, he was succeeded by Stefan Soroka as Archbishop of Philadelphia.^[3]^[4]

On April 5, 2020, Sulyk was taken to hospital due to COVID-19^[5] where he died in April 2020, at the age of 95.^[6]