VATICAN CITY, 2 MAY 2008 ( VIS ) - The Holy Fathe appointed Fr. Byran Bayda C.SS.R., pastor and superior of the Redemptorist Fathers at Yorkton, Canada, as bishop of the eparchy of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Catholics 8,422, priests 11, permanent deacons 3, religious 27), Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Saskatoon in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1987. He succeeds Bishop Michael Wiwchar C.SS.R., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same eparchy the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 210 para. 1 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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