Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna (; born 23 February 1954) is
eparchial Bishop Emeritus of the
since 1 September 2019. He had served as bishop from 18 January 2013. Previously, he served as the
Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain since 14 June 2011.
Lonchyna, was born to Ukrainian parents in
Steubenville, Ohio within the
Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma for Ukrainians. He attended the Pontifical Urbanian University in Rome where in 1979 he obtained a degree in biblical theology and the
Pontifical Oriental Institute, graduating in
Eastern liturgical theology
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in 2001.
In 1975 he entered the monastery of Grottaferrata of
Ukrainian Studite Monks
The Ukrainian Studites ( la, Monachi e Regula Studitarum; uk, Монахи Студитського Уставу, Monakhy Studytskoho Ustavu, Monks of the Studite Rule; abbreviated MSU) are a monastic order of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ...
, where he made his final vows 19 December 1976. He was ordained a priest 3 July 1977. He worked in the parish of St. Nicholas in
Passaic, New Jersey
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and then was prefect of the students of the College of St. Sophia in Rome.
After his arrival in Ukraine in 1994, he was the spiritual director of the Major Seminary in Lviv. At the same time he taught at the Lviv Theological Academy. He served as associate in the local apostolic nunciature in Kyiv.
On 11 January 2002 and was appointed
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 ...
of ''Bareta'' and
auxiliary bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians. Cardinal
Lubomyr Husar consecrated him on 27 February. On 14 January 2003 he was appointed apostolic visitor for the Greek–Ukrainian Catholics in Italy and as the major archbishop's procurator in Rome. On 4 March 2004 he also became apostolic visitor in Spain and Ireland.
On 25 March 2006 he returned to Ukraine, in charge of Consecrated Life, maintaining the commitment of apostolic visitor in Italy, Spain and Ireland. On 7 January 2009 he was replaced as apostolic visitor in Italy and Spain. On 2 June 2009 he was appointed apostolic administrator "sede vacante" of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainian Catholics in Britain. He took part in the election of the new major archbishop in 2011 after Cardinal Husar's retirement.
He was formally named apostolic exarch by
Pope Benedict XVI
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on 14 June 2011, and installed on August 2, 2011. When the Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain became the Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, he was named its first bishop.
He resigned on 1 September 2019,
and was succeeded by
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. ...
.
References
Bibliography
Biography at David Cheney's site
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lonchyna, Hlib
Living people
Ukrainian Eastern Catholics
Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
1954 births
Studite Brethren
American people of Ukrainian descent
People from Steubenville, Ohio
Pontifical Urban University alumni
Pontifical Oriental Institute alumni
Eastern Catholic bishops in the United Kingdom
American expatriate bishops