Andriy Khimyak
Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop
Andriy Khimyak | |
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| Titular Bishop of Cuicul, Auxiliary Bishop of Archeparchy of Kyiv | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 3 November 2022 |
| Other post(s) | Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC (since 2021) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 4 November 2012 (Priest) by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Consecration | 19 February 2023 (Bishop) by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andriy Mykhaylovych Khimyak (1981-04-13) 13 April 1981 (age 43) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Previous post(s) | Assistant Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC (2009–2021) |
| Motto | Мир Вам (Ukrainian for "Peace be unto you") |
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Bishop Andriy Khimyak (Ukrainian: Андрій Хім'як; born 13 April 1981) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as Titular Bishop of Cuicul and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archeparchy of Kyiv since 3 November 2022.
Early life and formation
Bishop Khimyak was born in a Christian family of Mykhaylo and Halyna Khimyak with two children as a younger child in Lviv. After graduation from the school education in Lviv school #44 (1988–1998), he joined the Theological Seminary in Lviv, simultaneously studying in the Ukrainian Catholic University from 1998 until 2005.[1] He was ordained as a deacon on 9 May 2012 and as a priest on 4 November 2012. Both ordinations were made by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk for the Archeparchy of Kyiv in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv.[2]
Educational and pastoral career
Fr. Khimyak continued his studies in Rome, Italy, where he attended the Pontifical Oriental Institute (2005–2008), receiving a licentiate degree in the liturgical theology. After returning to Ukraine, he served as assistant to the Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (2009–2021) and a lecturer in the Three Saint Hierarchs Major Theological Seminary in Kyiv (2011–2023).[1]
In April 2021 he was appointed as the Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church,[1] when the previous Secretary, Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh was appointed as the Apostolic Exarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia.
Bishop
On 3 November 2022, he was confirmed by Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv and appointed as a Titular Bishop of Cuicul.[3] He was consecrated as a bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and co-consecrators: bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh and bishop Stepan Sus in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv on 19 February 2023.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Владика Андрій Хім'як". Official Synod of the UGCC Website (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Bishop Andriy Khimyak". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Dalle Chiese Orientali, 03.11.2022". press.vatican.va (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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| Preceded by Alexis Aly Tagbino | Titular Bishop of Cuicul 2022– | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC 2021– | Succeeded by |
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| Italy and San Marino |
- Donetsk: Stepan Meniok
- Kharkiv: Vasyl Tuchapets
- Krym: Mykhaylo Bubniy (Archiepiscopal Administrator)
- Odesa: Mykhaylo Bubniy
- Lutsk: Yosafat Hovera
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auxiliary bishops
- Volodymyr Firman (Ternopil–Zboriv)
- Petro Holiney (Kolomyia)
- Volodymyr Hrutsa (Lviv)
- Andriy Khimyak (Kyiv)
- Hryhoriy Komar (Sambir–Drohobych)
- Petro Loza (Sokal–Zhovkva)
- Bohdan Manyshyn (Stryi)
- Teodor Martynyuk (Ternopil–Zboriv)
- Yosyf Milyan (Kyiv)
- Andriy Rabiy (Winnipeg)
- Maksym Ryabukha (Donetsk)
- Mykola Semenyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk)
- Stepan Sus (Curial Bishop)
emeritus
- Jan Martyniak (Metropolitan) (Przemyśl – Warsaw)
- Stefan Soroka (Metropolitan) (Philadelphia)
- Iryney Bilyk (Buchach)
- Stephen Chmilar (Toronto)
- Petro Kryk (Germany and Scandinavia)
- Basil Losten (Stamford)
- Wasyl Medwit (Donetsk)
- Peter Stasiuk (Saints Peter and Paul of Australia)
- Michael Wiwchar (Saskatoon)
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- Archeparchy of Polotsk
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- Eparchy of Volodymyr and Brest
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- Archeparchy of Smolensk
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