Petro Holiney | |
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| Titular Bishop ofAbrittum, Auxiliary Bishop ofEparchy of Kolomyia | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 12 July 2023 |
| Previous post | Chancellor ofApostolic Exarchate of Italy (2020–2023) |
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| Ordination | 29 November 1998 (Priest) by Pavlo Vasylyk |
| Consecration | 20 August 2023 (Bishop) by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Petro Vasyliovych Holiney (1973-07-12)12 July 1973 (age 52) Dobrotiv,Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast,Ukrainian SSR |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
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BishopPetro Holiney (Ukrainian:Петро Голіней; born 12 July 1973) is aUkrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as Titular Bishop ofAbrittum and Auxiliary Bishop of theEparchy of Kolomyia since 12 July 2023.
Bishop Holiney was born in a family with a five children[1] in the village Dobrotiv ofIvano-Frankivsk Oblast. After graduation from the school education, he joined theIvano-Frankivsk Theological Institute of Greek-Catholic Church, where extramurally completed his philosophical and theological studies from 1991 until 1996 with the qualification of teacher of religion.[2] In the same time he belonged to the group of priests and seminarians, united around Fr. Mykhailo Kosylo, clandestine priest and educator, where Petro Holiney completed his seminarian formation.[3] He was ordained as a deacon on 9 April 1992 by BishopSofron Dmyterko for then theEparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk,incardinated into the newly createdEparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi on 20 April 1993 and lately ordained as a priest on 29 November 1998 by BishopPavlo Vasylyk for this circumscription.[4]
After his diaconal ordination, Fr. Holiney was responsible for the restoration of the Greek-Catholic parishes in theChernivtsi Oblast[3] and, from 1996 to 1998, he carried out his pastoral ministry in theDeliatyn parish. From 1997 to 2001 he studied at theVasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University inIvano-Frankivsk, obtaining a diploma in history. After his priestly ordination, he held the position of assistant priest of Deliatyn parish and, later, he was in charge of youth ministry in the deanery ofYaremche (2000–2014), history teacher in the state school #1 in Deliatyn (2003-2016) and dean of the district of Yaremche (2014–2016).[2]
From 2005 to 2007 Fr. Holiney deepened his theological studies at the Pontifical Institute of Theology inWarsaw,Poland, obtaining a master's in Theology in 2010 and alicentiate degree in 2015, and from 2016 he attended courses at thePontifical Oriental Institute inRome, Italy, obtaining a Doctorate in Church History in 2020. From 3 December 2020, he served as Chancellor of theUkrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy and from 1 August 2022, he was the parish priest of theCathedral Church of Our Lady of Zhirovytsia and Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Rome.[2]
On 12 July 2023 he was confirmed byPope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of theUkrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia and appointed as aTitular Bishop ofAbrittum.[5] He was consecrated as a bishop by Major ArchbishopSviatoslav Shevchuk and co-consecrators: bishopVasyl Ivasyuk and bishopDionisio Lachovicz in the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ inKolomyia on 20 August 2023.[4]
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