CONFIRMATION OF MAJOR ARCHBISHOP Election-Halych KYIV (UKRAINE)

The Holy Father has granted the confirmation may be required in accordance with canon 153, CCEO by Bishop Sviatoslav Schevchuk, March 23, 2011 which was canonically elected Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, meeting in Lviv (Ukraine).

SB Sviatoslav Schevchuk

Sviatoslav Schevchuk His Beatitude was born May 5, 1970 at Styj in the Lviv region.

He holds a degree in Moral Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (1999).He was ordained a priest June 26, 1994.

He has held various positions including: Prefect of the Seminary of the Holy Spirit "of Lviv (1999-2000), Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Academy of Theology in Lviv (2001), Vice-Rector of the Seminary of the Spirit Santo "in Lviv (2000-2007) and later rector of the same seminary (2007).

On 7 April 2009 he was ordained.On 14 January 2009, the Holy Father appointed him Titular Bishop of Castra of Galba and Auxiliary of the Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

On 10 March 2010 was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the vacant seat of the Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

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