Bishop Myron Michael Daciuk,

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(; 16 November 1919 in

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– 14 January 1996 in

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) was a Canadian

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hierarch. He served as the Titular Bishop of

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and Auxiliary Bishop of

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from 24 June 1982 until 24 October 1991 and as the third Eparchial Bishop of

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from 24 October 1991 until his death on 14 January 1996.

Life

Bishop Daciuk was born in the family of ethnical Ukrainian Greek-Catholics Luka and Kseniya (née Bruchkovska) Daciuk in Canada. After the school education, he subsequently joined the

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, where he had a solemn profession on November 15, 1942. Daciuk was ordained as a

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on June 10, 1945, after completed theological studies. After that he had a various pastoral assignments and served as priest, superior and novice master at the Basilian Institutes in Canada. During 1964-1970 he was a Proto

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(Provincial Superior) of the Bazilians in Canada. On June 24, 1982, Fr. Daciuk was nominated by Pope

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and on October 14, 1982,

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to the

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as the Titular Bishop of

and Auxiliary Bishop of

. The principal

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was Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk. Bishop Daciuk died on January 14, 1996, in the age 76.

References

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