Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster

Eparchy of New Westminster Eparchia Neo-Vestmonasteriensis Ucrainorum Українська Католицька Єпархія Нью Вестмінстера
Holy Eucharist Cathedral
Location
Territory	British Columbia, Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Archeparchy of Winnipeg
Headquarters	New Westminster, B.C., Canada
Population - Catholics	7,800
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	June 27, 1974
Cathedral	Holy Eucharist Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Eparch	Michael Kwiatkowski
Metropolitan Archbishop	Lawrence Huculak
Website
www.nweparchy.ca

The Eparchy of New Westminster is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The eparchy is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Winnipeg.

As of 2004^[update], 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.^[1] On 16 January 2020, bishop David Motiuk was appointed an Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of New Westminster.^[2]

Eparchial bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops and their terms of service:

• Jeronim Chimy (1974–1992)
• Severian Yakymyshyn (1995–2007)
• Kenneth Nowakowski (2007–2020)
• David Motiuk, Apostolic Administrator (2020–2023)
• Michael Kwiatkowski (since 2023)

References

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

External links

• Official website

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Hierarchy including Ecclesiastical circumscriptions

Major archeparchy

• Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Archeparchies

• Kyiv: Sviatoslav Shevchuk
• Lviv: Ihor Vozniak
• Przemyśl–Warsaw: Eugeniusz Popowicz
• Winnipeg: Lawrence Huculak
• Philadelphia: Borys Gudziak
• Ivano-Frankivsk: Volodymyr Viytyshyn
• Ternopil–Zboriv: Vasyl Semeniuk
• São João Batista em Curitiba: Valdomiro Koubetch

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)

Apostolic exarchates

Germany and Scandinavia	Bohdan Dzyurakh
Italy and San Marino	Dionisio Lachovicz

Archiepiscopal exarchates

• Donetsk: Stepan Meniok
• Kharkiv: Vasyl Tuchapets
• Krym: Mykhaylo Bubniy (Archiepiscopal Administrator)
• Odesa: Mykhaylo Bubniy
• Lutsk: Yosafat Hovera

Apostolic visitors

• Chile: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
• Northern Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
• Paraguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Uruguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Venezuela: Daniel Kozelinski Netto

Curial and
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)

Bishops
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)

Defunct
circumscriptions

Poland	Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna Eparchy of Kholm and Belz Conversion of Chełm Eparchy
Ukraine	Eparchy of Zboriv

Ruthenian Uniate Church

• Eparchy of Suprasl
• Archeparchy of Polotsk
• Eparchy of Turov and Pinsk
• Eparchy of Volodymyr and Brest
• Eparchy of Lutsk and Ostroh
• Archeparchy of Smolensk

Seminaries

• Kyiv
• Lviv
• Drohobych
• Ivano-Frankivsk
• Ternopil
• Rome
• Stamford
• Washington D.C.
• Edmonton
• Curitiba

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