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.
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]