Volodymyr Hrutsa
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Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa ( uk, Володимир Груца; born 19 August 1976 in Dobromyl, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a
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hierarch as the Titular Bishop of Bahanna and Auxiliary bishop of Lviv since 14 January 2016.


Life

Bishop Hrutsa, after graduation of the school education, joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in 1994; he had a profession on 19 August 1995 and a solemn profession on 19 August 2001, and was ordained as priest on 12 July 2001, after graduation of the Major Redemptorists Theological Seminary in Tuchów, Poland and Pontifical Theological Academy in Kraków, Poland. Then he continued his studies in the University of Innsbruck, Austria with Doctor of Sacred Theology degree. During 2013–2016 he served as a Master of novices for the Ukrainian Redemptorists Province. On 14 January 2016 he was confirmed by the Pope Francis as the second Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine and Titular Bishop of Bahanna. On 7 April 2016 he was consecrated as bishop by Major Archbishop
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 ...
and other hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.


References

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