Basil Filevich Explained

Basil Filevich
Birth Name:Basil Filevich
Birth Date:13 January 1918
Birth Place:Stry, Alberta, Canada
Death Place:Saskatoon, Canada
Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon
Appointed:December 5, 1983
Ended:November 6, 1995
Ordination:April 17, 1942 (Priest)
Ordained By:Basil Ladyka
Consecration:February 27, 1984 (Bishop)
Consecrated By:Maxim Hermaniuk
Predecessor:Andrew Roborecki
Successor:Cornelius Pasichny
Other Post:Rector of Cathedral of St. Josaphat in Toronto (1951–1978)

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). Filevich was ordained as a priest on April 17, 1942 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.

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.[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Блажейовський, Дмитро. Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996). 1996. Каменяр. Львів. 352. uk.
  2. News: Saskatoon Ukrainian school welcomes students escaping war in Ukraine . Laura . Sciarpelletti . CBC News . 2022-04-12 .