Bohdan Dzyurakh Explained

Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.
Birth Date:20 March 1967
Birth Place:Hirske, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Emeritus Apostolic Exarch in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
Appointed:18 February 2021
Ordination:17 March 1991 (Priest)
Consecration:15 February 2006 (Bishop)
Predecessor:Petro Kryk
Other Post:Titular Bishop of Vagada

Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. (b. 1967, Hirske, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a curial bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church[1] and titular bishop of Vagada.[2] He is also head of the Supervisory Council of the Construction of the Patriarchal Center of the UGCC.[3] He was ordained priest on 17 March 1991 and was consecrated bishop on 15 February 2006. On 18 February 2021 Dzyurakh was appointed as head of the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia, succeeding the retiring Petro Kryk.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Vatican announces new bishop for Lviv, Ukraine . 29 December 2005 . Catholic News Service . Cindy . Wooden . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604175704/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0507391.htm . 4 June 2011 .
  2. Web site: Vagada (Titular See) . Catholic Hierarchy.org .
  3. News: Los secretarios de las Conferencia Episcopales de Europa se reĂșnen en Ucrania . Servicio de informacion catolica . 10 July 2009 . Spanish .
  4. Web site: Resignation and appointment of apostolic exarch for Ukrainian faithful of Byzantine rite resident in Germany and in Scandinavia. 18 February 2021. 18 February 2021. Vatican Press.