Rev. Joseph J. Borodach

Link for Father Joe's Funeral Divine Liturgy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew9k9DVOrgM

Father Joseph J. Borodach

This faithful priest of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh died peacefully on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at Mount St. Macrina in Uniontown. He was 88 years old.

Father completed his studies at Duquesne University and the Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius, and was ordained to the priesthood on April 23, 1960. After serving in parishes in Cleveland, Herminie, and Ambridge, he was the devoted pastor to the parishioners of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Bradenville, PA, for the last 49 years.

Known to all as Father Joe, he was born August 26, 1934, in Plains (Wilkes-Barre), PA, the ninth and youngest child of the late Michael and Anna (Hrabcsak) Borodach, immigrants from present day Slovakia. He was preceded in death by his eight siblings: Anna Ornowski, Mary Vitka, Michael Borodach, Margaret Borodach, Helen Wallace, Emily Machejeski, Celia Demyan, and Archpriest John J. Borodach.

He is survived by his nieces and nephews, their children and grandchildren, and extended family in Slovakia with whom he was pleased to visit in 2015.

Family and friends will be received on Friday, March 17th, from 2 to 7 PM at St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 112 St. Mary’s Way, Bradenville. The priestly Parastas will be celebrated at 3 PM. The Funeral Divine Liturgy will be held at St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church on Saturday, March 18th at 10:30 AM with Archbishop William C. Skurla as celebrant. Burial will be in the Borodach family plot at St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Cemetery in Dallas, PA.

Donations in Father Joe’s memory may be made to the Sisters of St. Basil, 520 West Main Street, Uniontown, PA 15401, or to the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius, 3605 Perrysville Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. Arrangements are being handled by the Lopatich-Brinker Funeral Home, LLC, 601 Weldon Street, Latrobe. To sign the online guest book, send condolences, or share a story, please visit www.lopatichbrinker.com. Eternal memory!