Bishop Yosafat Bohdan Moschych, С.M.S.A.A. (; born 16 September 1976 in Staryi Rozdil,

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) is a

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hierarch as the first eparchial bishop of the new created

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since 12 September 2017. Before he served as the Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis and

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from 27 May 2014 until 12 September 2017.

Life

Bishop Moschych, after graduation of the school education, joined the Theological Seminary in Ivano-Frankivsk in 1994, and then – the new founded Missionary Congregation of Saint Andrew the Apostle on April 25, 1998; he had a

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on August 14, 1999, and a solemn profession on September 15, 2002, and was ordained as

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on September 26, 1999, after graduation of the Theological Seminary. Then he continued his studies in the

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, Rome with

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in moral theology from 2000 until 2002. During 2003–2013 he served as a Superior General of the Missionary Congregation of Saint Andrew the Apostle. On May 27, 2014, he was confirmed by the

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as the

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and

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of Bahanna. On August 3, 2014, he was consecrated as bishop by Major Archbishop

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and other hierarchs of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moschych, Yosafat 1976 births Living people Clergy from Lviv Oblast Pontifical Lateran University alumni Ukrainian Eastern Catholics Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church