The Eparchy of Saskatoon ( uk, 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 An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...

of Saskatoon. The eparchy is a

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in the ecclesiastical province of the

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Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg The Archeparchy of Winnipeg is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Manitoba, a province of Canada. Currently, its archeparch is Lawrence Huculak. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of ...

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 Bishop Basil Filevich ( uk, Василь Філевич; January 13, 1918 – April 20, 2006) was a Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as the second Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon from December 5, ...

(1983.12.05 – 1995.11.06) *

Cornelius Pasichny Cornelius John Pasichny (27 March 1927 in Winnipeg – 30 January 2014 in Toronto) was the Eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon (1995–1998) and of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada (1998–2003) in C ...

O.S.B.M. The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...

(1995.11.06 – 1998.07.01) * Michael Wiwchar,

C.Ss.R. The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...

(2000.11.29 – 2008.05.02) *

Bryan Bayda Bryan Joseph Bayda (born August 21, 1961 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is the bishop of the Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Bayda was born in Saskatoon on August 21, 1961. Upon completing high scho ...

, C.Ss.R. (2008.05.02 – 2022.04.28) * ''Apostolic Administrator''

Lawrence Huculak Lawrence Daniel Huculak (born January 25, 1951, in Vernon, British Columbia) is the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Canada. In 1969 he entered the Order of St. Basil the Great in Mundare, Alberta. He was ordained ...

, O.S.B.M. (since 2022.04.28)

Other priest of this eparchy who became bishop

Kenneth Nowakowski Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski ( ua, Кен Новаківський, born May 16, 1958, North Battleford, Saskatchewan) is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London. He was ordained a priest on August 19, 1989 at St. ...

, appointed Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian) in 2007

Statistics

, 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.

References

Eparchy of Saskatoon page at catholichierarchy.org

Sources and external links

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon

Saint George's Cathedral, SaskatoonSaints Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, SaskatoonSheptytsky Institute, SaskatoonSt. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church, YorktonUkrainian Catholic Redemptorists of the Yorkton ProvinceUkrainian Catholic Education Center, SaskatoonHoly Spirit Seminary, Ottawa
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