Paul Patrick Chomnycky,

OSBM The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...

, (born 19 May 1954) is a bishop of the

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and the current bishop of the Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut.

Education

Paul Chomnycky was born in

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, the son of a Ukrainian-immigrant father and Canadian-born mother (both of whom died in 1996)Jaksic, Vesna, "A new leader: Bishop installed as head of Ukrainian Catholics in area", '' The Advocate'' of Stamford, Connecticut, February 21, 2006 and graduated from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

with a bachelor's degree in Commerce in 1980. After working as an accountant for two years, he entered the novitate of the

Order of St. Basil the Great The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...

, working in the Basilian monastery in

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. On 1 October 1988, he was ordained as a priest of the

. Then, he continued with further studies in Philosophy at the University of St. Anselm and the

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in Rome, receiving a Bachelor's in Sacred Theology in 1990. Upon his return to Canada he served briefly as an assistant pastor at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Mundare, Alberta and St. Basil's, Edmonton. Eventually he would return to both parishes as their pastor in 1997 and 2000 and also served as the pastor of St. Mary's Church in Vancouver from 1994 to 1997. During his tenure as pastor at St. Basil's in Edmonton and St. Paul's in Mundare, he was also the superior of the local Basilian monastery. Bishop Chomnycky also served as the Director of the Basilian Fathers museum in Mundare, a member of the Provincial Council of the Basilian Fathers of Canada, and a member of the college of consultors of the Edmonton Eparchy. He was appointed Exarch for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain on April 5, 2002 and consecrated bishop on June 11, 2002 by Cardinal

Lubomyr Husar Lubomyr Husar MSU ( uk, Любомир Гузар, Liubomyr Huzar; 26 February 1933 – 31 May 2017) was the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the first elected in independent Ukraine. He was also a cardinal of the C ...

References

External links

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford Official Site

Episcopal succession

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Education

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Episcopal succession