Constantine of Irinoupolis
Metropolitan Constantine was the Metropolitan of Irinoupolis, and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, which is a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States. The primatial cathedral is in Parma, Ohio, and the Church's head offices and are based in South Bound Brook, New Jersey.Early life
Metropolitan Constantine was born in Pittsburgh on July 19, 1936 to Stanley and Catherine Buggan, a Ukrainian family. Upon completion of his secondary education he entered the College of St. Andrew, in Winnipeg, Canada, from which he graduated in 1959. He also studied at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York and Duquesne University, receiving a doctorate in philosophy from the latter.Priesthood and episcopacy
On April 23, 1967 he was ordained deacon in South Bound Brook, New Jersey by Metropolitan Mstyslav , and a priest on July 23 by Metropolitan John, in Pittsburgh. His pastoral work comprised St. Vladimir Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois and at St Nicholas Church in Troy, New York.
Father Theodore was tonsured a monk on December 18, 1971, receiving the name Constantine, and on May 7, 1972, he was consecrated by Metropolitan Mstyslav to the Chicago cathedra of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America. In 1977 he was elevated to the rank of archbishop, and to metropolitan in 1992. After the death of Patriarch Mstyslav in 1993 he became the Primate of the UOC in America, and in 1994, of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the Diaspora.
From 1995–96, the UOC in America and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the Diaspora entered in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and Metropolitan Constantine received the titular diocese of Irinoupolis.Death
Constantine of Irinoupolis died from congestive heart failure on May 21, 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the age of 75.
