Bishop Mykhaylo Bubniy,
C.Ss.R.
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
( uk, Михайло Бубній; born 16 September 1970 in Khlivchany,
Sokal Raion,
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
) is a
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
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hierarch as an Archiepiscopal Exarch of
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa
The Ukrainian Catholic ''Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – Crimea'' was established on 11 January 2002 from the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod (which has now become the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia). ...
, Archiepiscopal Administrator of
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym
The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym ( la, Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Crimenses) was established on 13 February 2014 from the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – Crimea.
Because of the Annexation of Crimea ...
and Titular Bishop of
Thubursicum-Bure since 2 April 2014.
Life
Bishop Bubniy was born in the family of Ivan Bubniy in
Sokal Raion, where he grew up. After graduation of the school education, he joined the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brothe ...
in 1991.
In the Congregation he made a
profession
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on 19 August 1992 and a solemn profession on 7 April 1996. Bubniy was ordained as
priest
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on 19 August 1997,
after completed philosophical and theological studies in the Major Redemptorists Theological Seminary in
Tuchów
Tuchów is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,476 (2004). It lies on the ''Biała'' river, at the height of above sea level. The distance to Kraków is , and to the border with Slovakia, approxim ...
, Poland and
Pontifical Theological Academy in
Kraków
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, Poland.
After returning from studies in
Poland
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, he had a various pastoral assignments and served as professor, superior and finally, as a Rector of the Major Theological Redemptorists Institute in Lviv, Ukraine from 2005 until 2007, and then continued his studies in the
Pontifical Oriental Institute
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The plan of creating a school of higher learning for Eastern Christianity had been ...
in Rome with a
Licentiate of the
Canon Law
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degree.
On 13 February 2014 Fr. Bubniy was appointed and on 7 April 2014 was
consecrated
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to the
Episcopate
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ...
as the second Archiepiscopal Exarch of the
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa
The Ukrainian Catholic ''Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – Crimea'' was established on 11 January 2002 from the Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv – Vyshhorod (which has now become the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia). ...
and the Titular Bishop of
Thubursicum-Bure. In the same time he was appointed as an Archiepiscopal Administrator of the new created
Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym
The Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym ( la, Archiepiscopi Exarchatus Crimenses) was established on 13 February 2014 from the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa – Crimea.
Because of the Annexation of Crimea ...
. The principal
consecrator
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The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Church ...
was
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 ...
, the Head of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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References
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1970 births
Living people
People from Lviv Oblast
Redemptorists
Redemptorist bishops
Ukrainian Eastern Catholics
Pontifical Oriental Institute alumni
Academic staff of the Pontifical Oriental Institute
Canonical theologians
21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops
Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church