Bishop Bohdan Manyshyn ( uk, Богдан Манишин; born 24 October 1972 in

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Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

) is a

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hierarch as Auxiliary bishop of

Stryi Stryi ( uk, Стрий, ; pl, Stryj) is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine 65 km to the south of Lviv (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains). It serves as the administrative cen ...

since 2 April 2014.

Life

Bishop Manyshyn, after graduation of the school education, polytechnic college and an obligatory service in the

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, joined the Theological Seminary in Lviv. After graduation he was ordained as deacon on 3 March 2002 and as priest on 15 September 2002, while he continued his study in the

Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin ( pl, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, la, Universitas Catholica Lublinensis Ioannis Pauli II, abbreviation KUL), established in 1918. It is the only private college in Poland with the s ...

with license in the pastoral theology. During 2004–2014 he served as a parish priest in the different parishes of the Eparchy of Stryi. On 2 April 2014 he was confirmed by the

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as an Auxiliary Bishop of

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and

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

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. On 24 May 2014 he was consecrated as bishop by Major Archbishop

Sviatoslav Shevchuk Sviatoslav Shevchuk ( uk, Святосла́в Шевчу́к; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) has been the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) since 25 March 2011, serving as the Eastern Catholic church's le ...

and other hierarchs of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manyshyn, Bohdan 1972 births Living people People from Novyi Rozdil John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin alumni Ukrainian Eastern Catholics Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church