Medallion, Commemorative
Object number2016.115.2
Date1981
MediumMetal; Enamel
Credit LineGift of Terry Lahti
DescriptionCircular gold-tone metal medallion.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.75 × 0.25 in. (7 × 0.6 cm)InscriptionsFront has gold banner at bottom center with red text "EXEMPLAR OF FAITH".
Reverse has raised text "PRESENTED TO / [raised rectangle for a name inscription, this is blank] / FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE / TO THE / METROPOLITAN ARCHDIOCESE / OF / MUNHALL".
Historical NotesThis medallion belonged to The Most Reverend Stephen H. Kocisko a local Byzantine Catholic prelate. It was from an event on October 24-25, 1981 honoring Kocisko, the Metropolitan Archbishop, as an Exemplar of Faith. It honors his service to the Archdiocese of Munhall. The medallion was given to honor selected parishioners. Kocisko, a Minneapolis native, was ordained in Pittsburgh in 1956 and served the Holy Ghost parish on Pittsburgh’s North Side. He became the first Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church in Pittsburgh in 1969. He became a leading figure in the Catholic Church on Eastern Catholic theology and worked to restore this tradition as an integral part of Catholicism. He resigned from his position in 1990 and passed away in 1995.
Related person
Stephen John Kocisko
Related institution
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Munhall
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c. 1944
1944-1945
2015
