Bishop Isidore Borecky ( uk, Ісидор Ілярій Борецький; 1 October 1911 in Ostrivets,
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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(present day in
Ternopil Raion
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On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the n ...
,
Ternopil Oblast
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,
Ukraine
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) – 23 July 2003 in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
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hierarch. He served as the Titular Bishop of
Amathus
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(until 3 November 1956) and the first Eparchial Bishop of the new created
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto
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The eparchy is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province ...
from 17 January 1948 until his retirement on 16 June 1998 (until 10 March 1951 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Eastern Canada; and until 3 November 1956 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Toronto).
Life
Bishop Borecky was born in the Ukrainian peasant family in
Ludwig Maximilian University
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in
Munich
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, Germany (1936–1938). Borecky was ordained as a
priest
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on July 17, 1938. In the same year he went to
Canada
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for the pastoral work and here he had a various pastoral assignments and served as parish priest in the parishes of Apostolic Exarchate of Canada.
On January 17, 1948, Fr. Borecky was nominated by Pope
Pius XII
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and on May 27, 1948
consecrated
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to the
Episcopate
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
as the Titular Bishop of
Amathus
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and Apostolic Exarch of
Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Canada
The Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the eastern part of Canada, primarily Ontario.
The eparchy is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical provinc ...
. The principal
consecrator
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The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churche ...
was Archbishop
Basil Ladyka
Archbishop Basil Volodymyr Ladyka, O.S.B.M. ( uk, Василь Володимир Ладика; 2 August 1884 in Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) – 1 September 1956 in Winnipeg, Canada) was a Ukrainian-born C ...
.
Bishop Borecky was a one among co-founders of the Ukrainian Catholic Association "Sviata Sofia". He retired on June 16, 1998, and died on July 23, 2003, in the age 91.