Bishop Meron Mazur,

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( uk, Мирон Мазур; born 5 February 1962 in

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, Paraná,

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) is a Brazilian

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hierarch. He is currently the eparchial bishop of the

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, an office that he has held since 12 May 2014. From 12 December 2005 until his assumption of his present position, he was the titular bishop of Simitthu and the auxiliary bishop of the São João Batista em Curitiba.

Life

Bishop Mazur was born into a family of ethnically Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Brazil. After attending a minor Basilian seminary, he joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great, where he had a

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on February 10, 1981 and a solemn profession on January 1, 1988. Mazur was ordained as a

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on September 8, 1990, after studies at the St. Basil's Seminary-Studium in

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. He continued his studies in Italy in the

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, graduating with a baccalaureate in Sacred Theology and with a licentiate in Educational Sciences from the Salesian Pontifical University. After returning from Italy, he had various pastoral assignments and served as a professor, a superior and a rector at the Basilian Institutes in Brazil. During 2004-2005 he was a Proto hegumen (Provincial Superior) of the Basilians in Brazil On December 21, 2005 Fr. Mazur was nominated by

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and on February 26, 2006

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to the

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as an auxiliary bishop. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the Head of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazur, Meron 1962 births Living people People from Paraná (state) Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm alumni Salesian Pontifical University alumni Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Order of Saint Basil the Great Brazilian people of Ukrainian descent Eastern Catholic bishops in Brazil