The majority of the parishoners came from Lemko region around Sinok and from district of Sambir and Zalischyny. Most of them found work in the local mining industries. The initiators of buying a church in Hazleton: John Radynsky, Theodore Polivka, Wassil Slecton, Josaphat Kasian, Andrew Pelehach, Semen Slecton. The church was established in 1910. The faithful parishioners petitioned His Excellency, the Most Rev. Soter Ortynsky, OSBM, the first Ukrainian Bishop in the US to incorporate the newly formed parish into the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Philadelphia.
Previous pastors
Julian Levinsky, John OStap, Joseph Boyarchuk, Cyril Pyrozok, Volodymyr Lotovich, Theodore Dwulil, Basil Maniovsky, John Rubanovich, MIchael Guriansky, John Fekula, Joseph Dzendzera, Nikon Romaniuk, John Dorohovich, Joseph Bernacky, Lawrence Zarkevsky, Volodymyr Obushkevich, Basil Maniovsky, Jaroslav Skrotsky, Joseph Batza, Orneljan Ananevich, Andew Ulicky, Josaphat Ananevich, Stephen Shymansky, John Ciurpita, Gregory Maslak, James Melnic, George Worschak, Roman Oliinyk.