John Bura was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia from 2006 to 2019.
From 2009 to 2014 he served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma.
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He was educated at St. Basil Minor Seminary in Stamford, Connecticut, and The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
He was ordained a priest for the Archeparchy of Philadelphia on February 14, 1971, by Archbishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M.
As a priest, his assignments included being a teacher and Vice-Rector of St. Basil Minor Seminary, Rector of St. Josaphat Seminary in Washington, D.C., and pastor of Holy Ghost Church in Chester, Pennsylvania, and St. Nicholas Church in Wilmington, Delaware.
Pope Benedict XVI named Bura as the Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia on January 3, 2006.
