The Eparchy of New Westminster is a

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ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the

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in the

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province of

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. The eparchy is a

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in the

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of the

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Archeparchy of Winnipeg The Archeparchy of Winnipeg is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Manitoba, a province of Canada. Currently, its archeparch is Lawrence Huculak. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of ...

. , the diocese contained 7,800 Catholics with 17 parishes, 11 active diocesan priests and 2 religious priests as well as 2 women religious, 2 religious brothers, and 2 permanent deacons. On 16 January 2020, bishop

David Motiuk David Motiuk (born January 13, 1962 in Vegreville, Alberta) is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton. He was ordained a priest on 21 August 1988 and was ordained a bishop in Winnipeg on 11 June 2002. He was appointed Eparchia ...

was appointed an Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of New Westminster.

Eparchial bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops and their terms of service: * Jeronim Chimy (1974–1992) *

Severian Yakymyshyn Bishop Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. ( uk, Северіян Стефан Якимишин; 22 April 1930 – 6 September 2021) was a Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as an Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy ...

(1995–2007) * Kenneth Nowakowski (2007–2020) **

, Apostolic Administrator (since 2020)

References

Eparchy of New Westminster page at catholichierarchy.org
retrieved July 14, 2006

External links

* 1974 establishments in British Columbia New Westminster New Westminster Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada New Westminster New Westminster, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of {{UkrainianGreekCatholic-diocese-stub