Maximilian Leon Dubrawski ( uk, Максиміліан Леон Дубравський; born July 1, 1949) is the
Roman Catholic
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bishop of
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...
.
Life
Dubrawski was born near
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ...
, present day Ukraine.
In 1978 he entered the seminary in
Riga. On August 31, 1982, he joined the
Franciscan Order (then province Bernardine). He was ordained on May 29, 1983 in
Riga,
Latvia from Cardinal
Julijans Vaivods. On August 21, 1986 made his final vows. From 1983-1993 Dubrawski was pastor in
Khmilnyk
Khmilnyk ( uk, Хмільник, ; russian: Хмельник; pl, Chmielnik) is a resort town in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. It also serves as an administrative center of Kh ...
and the superior of the Custody of the Holy Franciscan Order of St. Michael the Archangel (Bernardine) in Ukraine.
On April 7, 1998 he was appointed as auxiliary bishop in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
[ On 27 June 1998, received episcopal consecration at the hands of Cardinal ]Marian Jaworski
Marian Franciszek Jaworski ( uk, Мар'ян Францішек Яворський, 21 August 1926 – 5 September 2020) was a Cardinal Priest and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins, Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman ...
. After the acceptance of the resignation of Bishop Jan Olszanski on May 4, 2002 he was appointed bishop - the Bishop of Kamianets-Podilskyi. In 2008 he was appointed vice chairman of the Ukrainian Episcopate
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
.
References
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdubr.html
* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kamy0.htm
* http://www.kresy.pl/publicystyka,ludzie?zobacz/biskup-leon-maksymilian-dubrawski
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1949 births
Living people
Ukrainian Roman Catholic bishops
Ukrainian people of Polish descent
People from Zhytomyr Oblast
Franciscan bishops
Ukrainian Friars Minor