Celebrating 50 years! 1963 —2013

The Ukrainian Catholic community has been coming together to celebrate the divine liturgy since the early 1950's. Soon after the establishment of the Immaculate Conception parish in San Francisco in 1957, the St. Volodymyr mission soon followed. Starting with the first divine liturgy which was celebrated on July 28th 1963, the Feast of St. Volodymyr, this mission parish has served the faithful of the South Bay for nearly fifty years.

The parish is under the authority of the Most Reverend Richard Stephen Seminack, Bishop of the Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago. The St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago has jurisdiction over the entire Western United States, including Alaska and Hawaii; and all of the Midwest portion of the United States except for the state of Ohio.

Throughout the years the Divine Liturgy has been served at the Chapel of the Carmelite Monastery at 1000 Lincoln Avenue in Santa Clara, California. A brief history of the beautiful chapel and the Carmelite nuns that have been our parish's gracious hostesses is available via this link.

Over the years three church parish centers were purchased within the city of Santa Clara, California as the community grew.

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964 Lincoln St., October 1984	1820 Bellomy St., September 1997	445 Washington St., November 2005

Clergy that have served St. Volodymyr Parish during the past 50 years are presented in the table linked here.