Bishop Bohdan Manyshyn (; born 24 October 1972 in
Novyi Rozdil
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,
Mykolaiv Raion, Lviv Oblast,
Ukrainian SSR
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) is a
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
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hierarch as
Auxiliary bishop
An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions.
...
of
Stryi
Stryi (, ; ) is a city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the left bank of the Stryi (river), Stryi River, approximately south of Lviv in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. It serves as the administrative center of Stryi R ...
since 2 April 2014.
Life
Bishop Manyshyn, after graduation of the school education, polytechnic college and an obligatory service in the
Ukrainian Army
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, joined the Theological Seminary in Lviv. After graduation he was ordained as deacon on 3 March 2002 and as priest on 15 September 2002, while he continued his study in the
Catholic University of Lublin
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (, , abbreviation KUL) is a university established in 1918.
History
Father Idzi Benedykt Radziszewski founded the university in 1918. Lenin allowed the priest to take the library and equipment of ...
with license in the pastoral theology. During 2004–2014 he served as a parish priest in the different parishes of the Eparchy of Stryi.
On 2 April 2014 he was confirmed by the
Pope Francis
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as an
Auxiliary Bishop
An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions.
...
of
Stryi
Stryi (, ; ) is a city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the left bank of the Stryi (river), Stryi River, approximately south of Lviv in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. It serves as the administrative center of Stryi R ...
,
Ukraine
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and
Titular Bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Lesvi. On 24 May 2014 he was consecrated as bishop by Major Archbishop
Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Sviatoslav Shevchuk (; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) is a Catholic Church in Ukraine, Ukrainian Catholic prelate who has served as the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archeparchy of Kyiv–Galicia, Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and P ...
and other hierarchs of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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.
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
People from Novyi Rozdil
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin alumni
Ukrainian Eastern Catholics
Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church