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The creation of a new eparchy for the western United States was proposed by the metropolitan Synod in 1981 . The Congregation For The Oriental Churches in the Holy See recomended the erection of a new eparchy, which was approved by Pope John Paul II . The Eparchy of Van Nuys was canonically erected on March 9 , 1982 , by Archbishops Stephen Kocisko , Metropolitan of the Metropolia of Pittsburgh; Pío Laghi , Apostolic Delegate to the United States; and Timothy Cardinal Manning , Archbishop Of Los Angeles . Thomas Dolinay was the first Bishop of the eparchy. The Motherchurch of the eparchy is the Cathedral Of St. Mary in Sherman Oaks, California , which was damaged in the Northridge Earthquake in 1994 . The bishop's residence and eparchal offices were relocated to St. Stephen Pro-Cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona . The eparchy has a third Cathedral , St. Nicholas Of Myra Pro-Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska . ORDINARIES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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