Bishop Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn,

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( uk, Северіян Стефан Якимишин; 22 April 1930 – 6 September 2021) was a Canadian

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hierarch. He served as an Eparchial Bishop of

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from 5 January 1995 until his retirement 1 June 2007.

Life

Bishop Yakymyshyn was born in the family of ethnical Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Canada. After the school education, he subsequently joined the

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, where he had a solemn profession on January 1, 1953. Yakymyshyn was ordained as a

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on May 19, 1955, after he completed theological studies. Then he continued his studies in the

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with degree of

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. After that he had various pastoral assignments and served as a parish priest, spiritual director,

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and lecturer at St. Paul University in

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. From 1979 until 1995 he served in the Basilian General Curia in

. On January 5, 1995, Fr. Yakymyshyn was nominated by Pope

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and on March 25, 1995

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to the

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as the second Eparchial Bishop of the

. The principal

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was Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk. Bishop Yakymyshyn retired on June 1, 2007, after reaching the age limit. Bishop Yakymyshyn died in

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at the age 91.BISHOP OF NEW WESTMINTER DIES IN VANCOUVER
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References

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