Basil Filevich

Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop

Basil Filevich
Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	December 5, 1983
Term ended	November 6, 1995
Predecessor	Andrew Roborecki
Successor	Cornelius Pasichny
Other post(s)	Rector of Cathedral of St. Josaphat in Toronto (1951–1978)
Orders
Ordination	April 17, 1942 (Priest) by Basil Ladyka
Consecration	February 27, 1984 (Bishop) by Maxim Hermaniuk
Personal details
Born	Basil Filevich (1918-01-13)January 13, 1918 Stry, Alberta, Canada
Died	April 20, 2006(2006-04-20) (aged 88) Saskatoon, Canada

Bishop Basil Filevich (Ukrainian: Василь Філевич; January 13, 1918 – April 20, 2006) was a Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as the second Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon from December 5, 1983, until his retirement on November 6, 1995.

Life

Bishop Filevich was born in the family of ethnical Ukrainian Greek-Catholics Omelian and Anna (née Pelakh) Filevich with eight children in Canada. After the school education, he subsequently studied philosophy and theology in the St. Joseph Theological Seminary in Edmonton (1937–1942).^[1] Filevich was ordained as a priest on April 17, 1942^[2] after completed theological studies.

After that he had a various pastoral assignments and served as parish priest, chancellor and a Rector of Cathedral of St. Josaphat in Toronto (1951–1978). Five last years before his nomination as bishop, in 1978–1983, he served as a parish priest in Thunder Bay, Ontario.^[1]

On December 5, 1983, Fr. Filevich was nominated by Pope John Paul II and on February 27, 1984 consecrated to the Episcopate as the second Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk.^[2]

On November 6, 1995, Bishop Filevich retired and died on April 20, 2006, in the age 88.

Memory

Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual School in Saskatoon is named after him.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Блажейовський, Дмитро (1996). Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996) (in Ukrainian). Львів: Каменяр. p. 352.
^ ^a ^b "Bishop Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
^ Sciarpelletti, Laura (April 12, 2022). "Saskatoon Ukrainian school welcomes students escaping war in Ukraine". CBC News.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Andrew Roborecki	Eparchial Bishop of Saskatoon 1983–1995	Succeeded by Cornelius Pasichny

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Hierarchy including Ecclesiastical circumscriptions

Major archeparchy

Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Archeparchies

Eparchies

Ukraine	Buchach: Dmytro Hryhorak Chernivtsi: Yosafat Moschych Kamyanets–Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz Sokal–Zhovkva: Mykhaylo Koltun Stryi: Taras Senkiv
Poland	Olsztyn–Gdańsk: Arkadiusz Trochanowski Wrocław–Koszalin: Włodzimierz Juszczak
Canada	Edmonton: David Motiuk Saskatoon: Michael Smolinski New Westminster: Michael Kwiatkowski Toronto and Eastern Canada: Bryan Bayda
United States	Saint Nicholas of Chicago: Venedykt Aleksiychuk Saint Josaphat in Parma: Bohdan Danylo Stamford: Paul Chomnycky
Brazil	Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis: Meron Mazur
Argentina	Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
Australia and New Zealand	Saints Peter and Paul of Australia: Mykola Bychok
United Kingdom	Holy Family of London: Kenneth Nowakowski
France, Benelux and Switzerland	Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris: Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic Administrator)