Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Parma, Ohio)

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
	Cathedral of St. John the Baptist as seen from Snow Road
	41°24′13″N 81°41′35″W / 41.40361°N 81.69306°W
Location	1900 Carlton Rd.; Parma, Ohio
Country	United States
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
Website	www.parma.org/cathedral-of-st-john-the-baptist
History
Founded	1898
Past bishop(s)	Bishop John M. Kurdick
Architecture
Style	Byzantine Revival
Completed	1960
Administration
Diocese	Eparchy of Parma
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Robert Mark Pipta
Rector	Rev. Fr. Michael Hayduk

The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is cathedral church of the Eparchy of Parma in the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. It is located in Parma, Ohio, United States.

History

St. John's parish was founded in 1898 with Father Peter Keselak as its first pastor. Divine Services were initially celebrated in St. Joseph's Chapel at East 23rd and Woodland Avenue in Cleveland.^[1] A hall was then rented on East 22nd and Woodland. As the congregation continued to grow they purchased a church and parish house at East 22nd and Scovill Avenue (now East 22nd and Tri-C Way) in August 1901. The parish continued to use that facility until the property was bought by the State of Ohio for a new interstate and a new church was built in 1960 on the parish picnic grounds at its current location in Parma.^[1]^[2] The Eparchy of Parma was established in 1969 and St. John's Church became the cathedral.

In 2021, Bishop Milan Lach announced the merger of St. John's parish with Holy Spirit parish in Parma and Dormition of the Mother of God Parish (St. Mary's) in Cleveland.^[3] The decree of merger was quickly reversed by the Congregation for the Eastern Churches.^[4] On August 31, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Robert Mark Pipta as the new eparch.^[5] Bishop Pipta was consecrated on November 8, 2023. The cathedral continues to use the Dormition church building for its worship site, but St. John the Baptist remains the cathedral.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Learn more About Us". Home.catholicweb.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
^ "Cathedral of St. John the Baptist". Giga-Catholic. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
^ Most Reverend Milan Lach, S.J. (March 29, 2021). "Decree of Merger of Three Parishes" (PDF). Eparchy of Parma. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
^ Leonardus Cardinal Sandri, Praefectus (June 10, 2021). "Decretum" (PDF). Congregatio pro Ecclesiis Orientalibus. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
^ USCCB (August 31, 2023). "Pope Francis Appoints Father Robert Pipta as Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma". USCCB. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
^ "Cathedral of St. John the Baptist". Eparchy of Parma. Retrieved 2021-10-15.