Decree Naming Very Reverend Canon Wayne Joseph Ruchgy, Ph. D. Mitred Archpriest
DECREE
Naming Very Reverend Canon Wayne Joseph Ruchgy, Ph. D.
Mitred Archpriest
Prot. N. 26/097
Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych
SVIATOSLAV
To the Very Reverend Canon
Wayne Joseph Ruchgy, Ph. D.
Pastor of St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Dearborn, Michigan
on the solemn occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Priesthood
Peace to you in the Lord!
We deeply value your zeal for the glory of God and for the good of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. We especially recognize your many years of priestly service to the faithful of our Church within the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy, which has borne abundant spiritual fruit.
Your example as a faithful priest of Christ has been an inspiration to many and has guided the formation of more than one generation of believers.
We particularly wish to acknowledge your contribution to the growth of the Eparchy during your service as Protosyncellus and through your dedicated work in various eparchial commissions. We also express our gratitude for your support in helping to establish the Eparchy’s Pension Fund, composing new guidelines for the Presbyteral Council and for your professional ministry as a Doctor of Psychology to all who, are in need of help.
For all of this,
WE OFFER YOU OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE
AND EXPRESS OUR RECOGNITION AND PRAISE.
Having heard the opinion of Most Reverend Benedict Aleksiychuk, MSU, bishop of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy and taking into consideration your numerous merits and the respect you hold among those whom you serve, we name you
MITRED ARCHPRIEST
and grant you the right to wear the mitre.
May the merciful Lord reward you with His gifts, granting you strength and inspiration, good health, holiness, and love for Him and to continue your God-pleasing service.
The Lord’s blessing be upon you!
† SVIATOSLAV
Fr. Mykola Sulyma,
Chancellor of the Curia
of the Major Archbishop of the UGCC
Given in Kyiv,
At the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ,
on the day of the Translation of the Relics of our Father among the Saints Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople
March 13, 2026 A. D.