Michael Kuchmiak

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Michael Kuchmiak, C.S.S.R. (February 5, 1923, Obertyn, Ukraine – August 26, 2008, Saskatoon, Canada) was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and titular bishop of Agathopolis since 1988.

The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and Pope John Paul II appointed Kuchmiak as auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 8 March, 1988.[1]

He received his episcopal ordination on 27 April, 1988, with Stephen Sulyk, Archeparch of Philadelphia, as his principal consecrator and Maxim Hermaniuk and Innocent Lotocky as co-consecrators. He remained pastor of Holy Family parish in Washington, D.C. until his appointment on 11 July, 1989 as the Apostolic Exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain.[2]

Citations

  1. ↑ Sulyk 2004, p.399
  2. ↑ Sulyk 2004, p.400

See also

References

  • Sulyk, Stephen (2004). "I Am Always With You", Pleasant Word.

External links

Preceded by
Augustine Hornyak		 Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in Great Britain
1989–2002 		Succeeded by
Paul Patrick Chomnycky
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