Bishop Mykhaylo Bubniy,
C.Ss.R.
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
( uk, Михайло Бубній; born 16 September 1970 in Khlivchany,
Sokal Raion
Sokal ( uk, Сокаль, romanized: ''Sokal'') is a city located on the Bug River in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is approx ...
,
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
) is a
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
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hierarch as an Archiepiscopal Exarch of
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa, Archiepiscopal Administrator of
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym and Titular Bishop of
Thubursicum-Bure since 2 April 2014.
Life
Bishop Bubniy was born in the family of Ivan Bubniy in
Sokal Raion
Sokal ( uk, Сокаль, romanized: ''Sokal'') is a city located on the Bug River in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is approx ...
, where he grew up. After graduation of the school education, he joined the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
in 1991.
In the Congregation he made a
profession
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on 19 August 1992 and a solemn profession on 7 April 1996. Bubniy was ordained as
priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...
on 19 August 1997,
after completed philosophical and theological studies in the Major Redemptorists Theological Seminary in
Tuchów
Tuchów is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,476 (2004). It lies on the ''Biała'' river, at the height of above sea level. The distance to Kraków is , and to the border with Slovakia, approxim ...
, Poland and
Pontifical Theological Academy in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
, Poland.
After returning from studies in
Poland
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, he had a various pastoral assignments and served as professor, superior and finally, as a Rector of the Major Theological Redemptorists Institute in Lviv, Ukraine from 2005 until 2007, and then continued his studies in the
Pontifical Oriental Institute
The Pontifical Oriental Institute, also known as the Orientale, is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome and focusing on Eastern Christianity.
The plan of creating a school of higher learning for Eastern Christianity had been ...
in Rome with a
Licentiate of the
Canon Law
Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is th ...
degree.
On 13 February 2014 Fr. Bubniy was appointed and on 7 April 2014 was
consecrated
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to the
Episcopate
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
as the second Archiepiscopal Exarch of the
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa and the Titular Bishop of
Thubursicum-Bure. In the same time he was appointed as an Archiepiscopal Administrator of the new created
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym. The principal
consecrator
A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop.
The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churche ...
was
Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Sviatoslav Shevchuk ( uk, Святосла́в Шевчу́к; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) has been the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) since 25 March 2011, serving as the Eastern Catholic church's le ...
, the Head of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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References
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1970 births
Living people
People from Lviv Oblast
Redemptorists
Redemptorist bishops
Ukrainian Eastern Catholics
Pontifical Oriental Institute alumni
Academic staff of the Pontifical Oriental Institute
Canonical theologians
21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops
Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church