Mykola Simkaylo Explained

Mykola Simkaylo
Birth Name:Mykola Mykhaylovych Simkaylo
Birth Date:21 November 1952
Birth Place:Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
Death Place:Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
Bishop Of:Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi
Appointed:2 June 2005
Ordination:15 May 1974 (Priest)
Ordained By:Pavlo Vasylyk
Consecration:12 July 2005 (Bishop)
Consecrated By:Lubomyr Husar
Predecessor:Volodymyr Viytyshyn
Successor:Vacant

Mykola Simkaylo (21 November 1952, Kazakhstan – 21 May 2013) was eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi in Ukraine since 2 June 2005 until his death.

Views on ecumenism

Bishop Simkaylo was known to be a strong supporter of Christian ecumenism. Speaking to the charity Aid to the Church in Need during a visit, he praised President Yushchenko "personally acting as a catalyst to reconcile the various factions of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine", as well as Major Archbishop Cardinal Lubomyr Husar.[1]

Citations

  1. http://www.kirche-in-not.org/acn-news/newsy/february2007.html UKRAINE: "Ut unum sint“ is our goal, Greek Catholic Bishop says

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