Metropolitan Borys Gudziak (online)

Archbishop of Philadelphia and Metropolitan for the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the USA

Ukraine

Head of the Department of External Church Relations for UGCC, President of the Ukrainian Catholic University.

Borys Gudziak was born in 1960 in Syracuse, NY to Ukrainian immigrants. He received degrees from Syracuse University, the Pontifical Urban University, and the Pontifical Oriental Institute. He holds a doctorate in Slavic and Byzantine Cultural and Ecclesiastical History from Harvard University. 

He moved to Ukraine in 1992 to develop the Ukrainian Catholic University — the first Catholic University in the former Soviet Union. He taught in Ukraine for 20 years and lead the university for 12 years as rector. He has over 800 scholarly, analytic, and journalistic publications.

In 2012, Gudziak was ordained as Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) for France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Switzerland. 

In 2019, Bishop Gudziak was enthroned as Metropolitan and Archbishop of Philadelphia for Ukrainian Catholics in the US. 

Program

You can download the current program in PDF format or view it directly on our website.

Download
the program
12:00 - 13:00
From Resilience to Unity: The Power of Leadership
Hall B
This site uses cookies to deliver website functionality and analytics. If you would like to know more about the types of cookies we serve and how to change the settings, please read our Cookie Notice. By clicking the "I accept" button, you consent to the use of these cookies.