12.06, [18:14] // Press-releases //
On the web page of the Eparchy of Stryj (www.stryi.ugcc.org.ua) information was published about the date of conducting the episcopal ordination of Mitred Proto-presbyter Taras Sen'kiv, acting superior of the order of the Minim Fathers, the Little Brothers of Saint Francis of Paola, as auxiliary bishop of the Eparchy of Stryj. According to the report, the ordination will be held on July 20, 2008, in the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Stryj. The day before, July 19, the ceremony of hierarchical nomination will take place. The main ordainer will be His Beatitude Lubomyr, Head of the UGCC, and the concelebrants Bishops Yulian (Gbur), Eparch of Stryj, and Mykola (Simkaylo), Eparch of Kolomyja and Chernivtsi.
This solemn event will take place as part of a pilgrimage to the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Lissya, which is in the cathedral. It is expected that for the celebration the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, Greek-Catholic and Roman-Catholic bishops from Ukraine and abroad, and clergy and state authorities will come.
On May 22, 2008, in the Vatican it was reported that His Holiness Benedict XVI blessed the decision of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church about appointing Fr. Taras Sen'kiv as auxiliary bishop of the Stryj Eparchy, giving him the title of the See of Siccenna.
The biography of Fr. Taras Sen’kiv can be read at this link:
www.ugcc.org.ua/eng/press-releases/article;6967/
Information Department of the UGCC