The Eparchy of New Westminster is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in the

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province of

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. The eparchy is a

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in the

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of the

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Archeparchy of Winnipeg. , the diocese contained 7,800 Catholics with 17 parishes, 11 active diocesan priests and 2 religious priests as well as 2 women religious, 2 religious brothers, and 2 permanent deacons. On 16 January 2020, bishop

David Motiuk David Motiuk (born January 13, 1962, in Vegreville, Alberta) is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton. He was ordained a priest on 21 August 1988 and was ordained a bishop in Winnipeg on 11 June 2002. He was appointed Eparch ...

was appointed an Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of New Westminster.

Eparchial bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops and their terms of service: * Jeronim Chimy (1974–1992) *

Severian Yakymyshyn Bishop Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. (; 22 April 1930 – 6 September 2021) was a Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as an Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster from 5 January 1995 until his re ...

(1995–2007) *

Kenneth Nowakowski Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski OBE (, born May 16, 1958, North Battleford, Saskatchewan) is the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Holy Family of London. He was ordained a priest on August 19, 1989 at St. George's Cathedral in Saskatoon ...

(2007–2020) * ''

, Apostolic Administrator (2020–2023)'' * Michael Kwiatkowski (since 2023)

References

Eparchy of New Westminster page at catholichierarchy.org
retrieved July 14, 2006

External links

* 1974 establishments in British Columbia Organizations based in New Westminster

New Westminster New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the cap ...

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Canada

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