 Bishop Michael Dudick, who succeeded him in Passaic in 1968, remained as the head of the Passaic Eparchy.Father Emil Mihalik, the Chancellor of the Passaic Eparchy, became the first bishop for the new Parma Eparchy.Kocisko was installed as the first Metropolitan in the history of the Rusyn people by the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, Most Reverend Luigi Raimondi.