Lviv (risu.org.ua) - Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, until now the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of the Protection of the Blessed Mary in Buenos Aires, has become the new head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Election Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which was attended by 40 bishops from Ukraine and abroad (Western Europe, USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Australia), elected him on March 23. He is one of the youngest bishops in the Catholic Church, a well-known Ukrainian moral theologian. The Holy See approved the choice of the Synod of Bishops.Biography: born on May 5, 1970, in Stryi, Lviv region.
Education:
1991-1992 - Center for Philosophy and theological studies "Don Bosco" in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992-1994 - Lviv Theological Seminary
1994-1995 - Pontifical University of Thomas Aquinas (Rome, Italy). BA in Theology
1995-1997 - Pontifical University of Thomas Aquinas. Theological Faculty, Section of moral theology
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