Markijan Trofimiak (born April 16, 1947 in

Kozova Kozova (Ukrainian: Козова; Polish: ''Kozowa''; Russian: Козо́ва) is an urban-type settlement in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, in the area historically known as Galicia, east of Berezhany, some west ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

) is a Roman Catholic bishop, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv in 1991-1998 and diocesan Bishop of

Lutsk Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Luts ...

in 1998-2012.

Biography

Born in

. He was ordained on May 26, 1974 in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

at the hands of Cardinal

Julijans Vaivods Julijans Vaivods (18 August 1895 in Vārkava parish, Vārkava, Latgale, Vitebsk Governorate – 24 May 1990 in Riga, Soviet Union) was the Apostolic Administrator of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga, Riga and of Roman Catholic Diocese of L ...

. On January 16, 1991 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Lviv. He was consecrated and received 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 Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman Catholic Church. He was a close friend of Pope Jo ...

, on March 2, 1991. On March 25, 1998 Trofimiak was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Lutsk. For two terms he was deputy chairman of the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine (until 2009), Chairman of the Committee on the Liturgy and sacred art of the Roman Catholic episcopate. In the Roman Catholic episcopate of Ukraine is responsible for contacts with state authorities.

References

Prokop KR, profiles the bishops łuckich, Bialy Dunajec - Ostrog, 2001

External links

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btrof.html * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/luts0.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Trofimiak, Markijan 1947 births People from Ternopil Oblast Ukrainian Roman Catholic bishops Ukrainian people of Polish descent Living people