Dmytro Hryhorak,O.S.B.M. | |
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| Eparchial Bishop ofUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 28 July 2007 (as Apostolic Administrator) 23 July 2011 (as Eparchial Bishop) |
| Predecessor | Iryney Bilyk |
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| Ordination | 25 Oct 1992 (Priest) by Sofron Dmyterko |
| Consecration | 28 Sep 2011 (Bishop) by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
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| Born | Bohdan Dmytrovych Hryhorak (1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (age 69) |
BishopDmytro Bohdan Hryhorak,O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian:Дмитро Богдан Григорак; born 1 January 1956) is aUkrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Eparchial Bishop ofBuchach since 23 July 2011. Previously he served as an Apostolic Administrator of the same Eparchy from 28 July 2007 until 21 July 2011.
Bishop Hryhorak was born to clandestine Greek-Catholics Dmytro and Mariya (née Prypkhan) Hryhorak. He graduated Oil and Gas Institute in Ivano-Frankivsk (1973–1978) with a diploma in mechanical engineering. Then he worked as design engineer, until joined theOrder of Saint Basil the Great in 1989; he had aprofession on 14 October 1989 and a solemn profession on 2 February 1997. But before his solemn profession he was ordained aspriest on 25 October 1992, while studied in the Theological Academy inIvano-Frankivsk. Then he continued his studies in theCatholic University of Lublin in Poland withmagister degree in Ecclesiology.
During 1992–2007 he served in the different Basilian monasteries as priest, superior, missionary and chaplain.[1]
After the resignation oh the first Eparchial Bishop ofUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach, on 28 July 2007 Fr. Dmytro Hryhorak was appointed by thePope Benedict XVI as an Apostolic Administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" and 4 years later, in July 2011, he was elected the second Eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Buchach. On 28 September 2011 he was consecrated as bishop by Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk and other hierarchs of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church.[2]
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| Preceded by | Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Buchach 2007–2011 | Succeeded by himself as Eparchial Bishop |
| Preceded by himself as Apostolic Administrator | Bishop of Buchach 2011–present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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| Episcopal Conference of Ukraine of the Latin Church |
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