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From Serge Keleher in Dublin:

It is official His Beatitude Patriarch Lubomyr Husar - Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians, Metropolitan of Halych
and Bishop of Kamenenets' Podils'kyj - elected by the Synod on 25 Jan, confirmed by His Holiness John Paul II on 26 January 2001

Many Years!!!!!

The bishop is known as a skilled administrator who I am sure will help the Church with its pastoral, material and evanglistic goals. He is also a dedicated Ukrainian patriot. He served as Archexarch of central and eastern Ukraine, which earned him some criticism from some non-Ukrainians sensitive (or hypersensitive) on ecumencial matters. But he is truly beloved by loyal Ukrainians everywhere.

[This message has been edited by Kurt (edited 01-26-2001).]

Very cool!

I have a friend from the Ukraine who knows Bishop Husar. He is reportedly "very Eastern," and supports a return to Eastern Traditions.

Anthony

I have known His Grace Lubomyr since 1990, when he was here (Lublin, Poland) at the Congress of Laity of the UGCC. I lived about three weeks with him in his Studion monastery in Italy, just before his return to Ukraine (1993).

Peter

Press Office Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
vul. Ozarkevycha 4
79016 Lviv, Ukraine
tel./fax: (380322) 971256, e-mail: ken@caritas-ukraine.org

Synod elects Bishop Lubomyr Husar Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church

Lviv 26 January 2001: The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church today announced the
election of His Excellency Bishop Lubomyr Husar as Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians,
Metropolitan of Halych and Bishop of Kamyanets� Podils�kyj.
The twenty-six Ukrainian Catholic bishops from Ukraine and from around the world gathered in Lviv in Synod
to elect the successor to His Beatitude Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lubachivsky who passed away on 14
December 2000.

Today, His Holiness Pope John Paul II has confirmed this election by the Ukrainian Catholic Synod of 25
January.

The enthronement of His Beatitude Lubomyr will take place at St. George�s Cathedral in Lviv on Sunday 28
January at 11:00.

His Beatitude Lubomyr was born in Lviv on 26 February 1933. After a short stay in Salzburg, Austria, he
emigrated to the USA, where he studied at St. Basil�s Ukrainian Catholic College Seminary Stamford, CT.
USA (1950-1954), at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (1954-1958) where he received
an License of Sacred Theology, at Fordham University, New York City (1962-1967) where he received a
Masters degree in Philosophy and at the Pontifical University Urbanianum, Rome where he received a
Doctorate in Sacred Theology.

Ordained a priest by Bishop Ambrose Senyshyn in Stamford, CT, 30 March 1958, he was a pastor in
Kerhonkson, NY (1965-1969) and prefect of St. Basil�s Ukrainian Catholic College Seminary in Stamford, CT.
(1958-1969). He went to Rome in 1972 where he became a Hieromonk of the Studite Order in 1972. He was
elected Archimandrite (Abbot) of the Order and on 2 April 1977 was consecrated bishop by His Beatitude
Josyf Cardinal Slipyj, for the Church in Ukraine. His consecration was announced publicly on 2 April 1996. He
resided at the Studion Monastery in Grottaferrata, Rome until 1992, when he returned to live in Ukraine. He
was appointed Exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod by His Beatitude Myroslav Ivan in April 1996. On 17 October 1996
he was appointed auxiliary bishop to Cardinal Lubachivsky with delegated faculties of the major archbishop.
After Cardinal Lubachivsky�s death on 14 December 2000, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the
Archeparchy of Lviv.

Well, he CERTAINLY resided in Marino NEAR Grottaferrata in 1993. I lived with him there and helped to pack books.

Peter

Charles� copied press release (thanks for finding and posting that!) is now in Web form on my site, with a photo (sorry his face is shadowed but it was all I could find) of the new Ukrainian de facto patriarch. Eis polli eti, despota! Mnohaja l�ita!

<A HREF="http://oldworldrus.com">Old World Rus�</A>

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!

God grant Patriarch Lubomyr many years!

Here is a two part interview from October 11, 1996 pt 1 http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1996/429606.shtml

pt 2 http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1996/439616.shtml

Just as a side note, His Beatitude Patriarch Lubomyr Husar is a U.S. citizen.

Yoshko Prokopchak
archsinner