Vladimir Mikhailovich Malanchuk ( Ukrainian: Volodimir Mikhailovich Malanchuk [1] , English Wolodymyr Malanchuk ; August 20, 1904, Bazar , Austro-Hungarian Empire - September 29, 1990, Canada ) - exarch of France of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from July 22, 1960 to November 27, 1982 year , member of the monastic congregation of redemptorists .
| Vladimir Malanchuk | ||
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| Volodimir Malanchuk | ||
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| July 22, 1960 - November 27, 1982 | ||
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | |
| Successor | Bishop Michael Grinchishin | |
| Birth | August 20, 1904 Bazar , now Chortkivskyi district , Ternopil region | |
| Death | September 29, 1990 (86 years old) Canada | |
| Holy Order | April 26, 1931 | |
| Episcopal consecration | February 19, 1961 | |
Biography
Born on August 20, 1904 in the village of Bazar, Chertkovsky district of the Kingdom of Galicia and Ladomeria, Austria-Hungary (Chertkovsky district of the Ternopil region of Ukraine) [2] .
After receiving secondary education, he joined the monastic congregation of redemptorists .
September 21, 1925 made eternal vows in the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer (redemptorists) [2] .
April 26, 1931 in Lviv, Archbishop of Lviv Andrei Sheptytsky was ordained a priest [3] . He served as proto-igumen of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer (redemptorists) in Canada [2] .
On July 22, 1960, Pope John XXIII nominated proto-igumen Vladimir Malanchuk as titular bishop Epiphanius of Syria and exarch of the newly formed Apostolic exarchate of the Ukrainian Church of the Byzantine Catholic Catholics in France [2] .
On February 19, 1961, the ordination of Vladimir Malanchuk took place in Winnipeg , which was performed by the Archbishop of Winnipeg Maxim Germaniuk together with the Stamford Bishop Amvrosiy Senishin and the Bishop of Toronto Isidore Boretsky [3] .
In the years 1962-1965, Vladimir Malanchuk participated in the I, II, III and IV sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
On November 27, 1982, Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Bishop Vladimir Malanchuk. He returned to Canada, in the monastery of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer (redemptorists) [2] . He died on September 29, 1990 in Canada at the Redemptorist Monastery.