Eparchy of Saskatoon Eparchia Saskatoonensis Ucrainorum Українська Католицька Єпархія Саскатуну | |
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Location | |
Territory | Saskatchewan, Canada |
Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Winnipeg |
Headquarters | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Population - Catholics | 7,700 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Rite | Byzantine Rite |
Established | November 3, 1956 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. George |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Bishop | Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. (elected) |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Lawrence Huculak Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg |
Apostolic Administrator | Lawrence Huculak |
Bishops emeritus | Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. |
Website | |
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon |
The Eparchy of Saskatoon (Ukrainian: Саскатунська єпархія Української греко-католицької церкви) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
The eparchy's cathedral is the Cathedral of St. George in the episcopal see of Saskatoon. The eparchy is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg.[1]
History
- Established on March 10, 1951, as Apostolic Exarchate of Saskatoon, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada.
- November 3, 1956: Elevated to Eparchy of Saskatoon
Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries
- Apostolic Exarch of Saskatoon
- Andrew Roborecki (1951.03.10 – 1956.11.03 see below), Titular Bishop of Tanais (1948.03.03 – 1956.11.03)
- Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Saskatoon
- Andrew Roborecki (see above 1956.11.03 – death 1982.10.24)
- Basil Filevich (1983.12.05 – 1995.11.06)
- Cornelius Pasichny, O.S.B.M. (1995.11.06 – 1998.07.01)
- Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. (2000.11.29 – 2008.05.02)
- Bryan Bayda, C.Ss.R. (2008.05.02 – 2022.04.28)
- Apostolic Administrator Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M. (since 2022.04.28)
Other priest of this eparchy who became bishop
- Kenneth Nowakowski, appointed Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian) in 2007
Statistics
As of 2009, the eparchy contains 84 parishes, 29 active eparchial and religious priests and 7,256 Catholics. It also has 16 women religious, 9 religious brothers and 3 permanent deacons.[2]
References
- ↑ "Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR, Eparch". skeparchy.org. 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ↑ "Eparchy". skeparchy.org. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
Sources and external links
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon
- GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
- Saint George's Cathedral, Saskatoon
- Saints Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Saskatoon
- Sheptytsky Institute, Saskatoon
- St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Yorkton
- Ukrainian Catholic Redemptorists of the Yorkton Province
- Ukrainian Catholic Education Center, Saskatoon
- Holy Spirit Seminary, Ottawa
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