Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon

Eparchy of Saskatoon

*Eparchia Saskatoonensis Ucrainorum*

Українська Католицька Єпархія Саскатуну
Eparchy of Saskatoon; Eparchia Saskatoonensis Ucrainorum; Українська Католицька Єпархія Саскатуну
	Cathedral of St. George (Saskatoon)
	Coat of arms
Location
Territory	Saskatchewan, Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Archeparchy of Winnipeg
Headquarters	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Population; - Catholics	; 5,438
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	November 3, 1956
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. George
Patron saint	St. George
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Bishop	Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Lawrence Huculak Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg
Bishops emeritus	Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R.
Website
	Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon

The Eparchy of Saskatoon (Ukrainian: Саскатунська єпархія Української греко-католицької церкви) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

The eparchy's cathedral is the Cathedral of St. George in the episcopal see of Saskatoon. The eparchy is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg.^[1]

History

Established on March 10, 1951, as Apostolic Exarchate of Saskatoon, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada.
November 3, 1956: Elevated to Eparchy of Saskatoon

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Exarch of Saskatoon

Andrew Roborecki (1951.03.10 – 1956.11.03 see below), Titular Bishop of Tanais (1948.03.03 – 1956.11.03)

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Saskatoon

Andrew Roborecki (see above 1956.11.03 – death 1982.10.24)
Basil Filevich (1983.12.05 – 1995.11.06)
Cornelius Pasichny, O.S.B.M. (1995.11.06 – 1998.07.01)
Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. (2000.11.29 – 2008.05.02)
Bryan Bayda, C.Ss.R. (2008.05.02 – 2022.04.28)
Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R. (since 2024.01.21)

Other priests of this eparchy who became bishops

Kenneth Nowakowski, appointed Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian) in 2007

Statistics

As of 2020^[update], the Eparchy contains 67 parishes, 23 active eparchial and religious priests and 5,438 Catholics. It also has 16 women religious, 7 religious priests and 3 permanent deacons.^[2]

References

^ "Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR, Eparch". skeparchy.org. 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
^ "Eparchy". skeparchy.org. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

Eparchy of Saskatoon page at catholichierarchy.org

Sources and external links

52°07′N 106°39′W / 52.117°N 106.650°W / 52.117; -106.650

[1] "Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR, Eparch". skeparchy.org. 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

[2] "Eparchy". skeparchy.org. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

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