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Bishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky: The First Eastern Catholic Bishop in the Western Hemisphere
Written by Rev. Dr. Ivan Kaszczak, Bishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky (1866–1916) served as the first hierarch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church in the United States. As the first Eastern Catholic bishop in the Western Hemisphere, he significantly influenced the U.S. Catholic Church, theoretically and structurally. Click on photo to view PDF of booklet.