Michael Kuchmiak,

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(February 5, 1923 – August 26, 2008) was a bishop of the

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and

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of ''Agathopolis'' since 1988. Kuchmiak was born in

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. The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and

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appointed Kuchmiak 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 the

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on 8 March 1988. He received his episcopal ordination on 27 April 1988, with

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, Archeparch of Philadelphia, as his principal consecrator and Maxim Hermaniuk and Innocent Lotocky as co-consecrators. He remained pastor of the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in

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until his appointment on 11 July 1989 as the

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of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain. Sulyk 2004, p.400 On April 5, 2002, the Pope accepted the resignation of Apostolic Exarch Mykhailo Kuchmyak from the government in connection with his reaching the age of retirement. Kuchmiak died in 2008 in

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, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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