Archbishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz ( uk, Євген Мирослав Попович; born 12 October 1961) is a Polish

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hierarch as an archbishop-metropolitan of

Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw ( la, Archidioecesis Premisliensis–Varsaviensis ritus byzantini ucraini, uk, Перемишльсько-Варшавська архієпархія УГКЦ) is an archeparchy (E ...

since 7 November 2015. Also he served as an apostolic administrator of the newly-created

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk The Ukrainian (Greek) Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn–Gdańsk (Olsztyn–Gdańsk of the Ukrainians) is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the , which covers some part of Poland for the Ukrainian Greek Ca ...

since 25 November 2020 until 23 January 2021. Previously he served as a titular bishop of Horrea Coelia and auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl–Warsaw from 4 November 2013 until 7 November 2015. Coat of arms of Eugeniusz Popowicz

Early life and pastoral work

Popowicz was born in the family of Greek-Catholics in the present day

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. After graduation of the school education he joined Higher Theological Seminary in Lublin with degree in theology. After this he was ordained by Archbishop

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as deacon on 14 October 1986 and as

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on 17 October 1986 for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl. Following two years pastoral work, Popowicz continued his studies in the

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in Rome to secure a

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degree. Then, after short time of the professor work in the Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, he returned in Poland, where continued to serve in the different parishes. In 1996 he was appointed as

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of the Archeparchy.

Bishop

On 4 November 2013 Popowicz was appointed and on 21 December 2013 was

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to the

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as the auxiliary bishop of the

. The principal

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was Major Archbishop

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, the head of the

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. On 7 November 2015, after retirement of his predecessor, Archbishop

Jan Martyniak Jan Martyniak (born on 20 June 1939, Poland) was a former archbishop and Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw in Poland on its establishment on 24 May 1996 and was previously archbishop of the Eparchy of Prz ...

, Popowicz was appointed and on 19 December 2015 was

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as the Metropolitan Archbishop of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Popowicz, Eugeniusz 1961 births Living people People from Człuchów John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin alumni Pontifical Oriental Institute alumni Academic staff of the Pontifical Oriental Institute Polish Eastern Catholics Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Polish people of Ukrainian descent Bishops in Poland