Father Alexander Dzubay began ministering to Byzantine Catholics in 1880 and ten years later St. Michael the Archangel parish was established.

[2] The former Evangelical Mission Chapel at the corner of First and Bergen streets was purchased in 1891 and Father Nicephor Chanath became the parish's first resident pastor.

The Eparchy of Passaic was established on July 31, 1963 and St. Michael's Church became the cathedral.

Construction began in 1985 on the Cathedral Chapel of St. Michael and Social Center in West Paterson.

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