Wiktor Wysoczański (born 24 March 1939, in

Verkhnie Vysotske Verkhnie Vysotske ( ua, Верхнє Висоцьке, pl, Wysocko Wyżne) is a village (''selo'') in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine, situated in the Ukrainian part of the Carpathian Mountains. It belongs to Borynia settlement hr ...

) is an

Old Catholic The terms Old Catholic Church, Old Catholics, Old-Catholic churches or Old Catholic movement designate "any of the groups of Western Christians who believe themselves to maintain in complete loyalty the doctrine and traditions of the undivide ...

bishop 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 ...

and the present Superior of the Polish Catholic Church. He became Superior in 1995, succeeding Bishop Tadeusz Majewski. As Superior, Wysoczański was chosen by the National Synod of the Church and

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

by at least three bishops who are members of the International Conference of Old-Catholic Bishops (the

Utrecht Union The Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches, most commonly referred to by the short form Union of Utrecht, is a federation of Old Catholic Church, Old Catholic churches, nationally organized from schisms which rejected Roman Catholic doct ...

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