Bryan Joseph Bayda (born August 21, 1961 in

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as ...

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) is the bishop of the Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada in the

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. Bayda was born in

on August 21, 1961. Upon completing high school at St. Vladimir's College Minor Seminary in Roblin,

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, he pursued studies at the

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, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1982 and a Master of Divinity in 1987. Further studies included a Bachelor of Education from the

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theology from the Sheptytsky Institute in

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in 1997.

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appointed Bayda as the Eparch of Saskatoon on May 2, 2008. He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada on November 9, 2019 by

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. On April 28, 2022, Pope Francis appointed him as bishop of the same eparchy.

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