Bohdan Dzyurakh

Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R.
Emeritus Apostolic Exarch in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed18 February 2021
PredecessorPetro Kryk
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Vagada
Orders
Ordination17 March 1991 (Priest)
Consecration15 February 2006 (Bishop)
Personal details
Born (1967-03-20) 20 March 1967 (age 57)
Hirske, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Coat of arms

Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.Ss.R. (b. 1967, Hirske, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a curial bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church[1] and titular bishop of Vagada.[2] He is also head of the Supervisory Council of the Construction of the Patriarchal Center of the UGCC.[3] He was ordained priest on 17 March 1991 and was consecrated bishop on 15 February 2006. On 18 February 2021 Dzyurakh was appointed as head of the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia, succeeding the retiring Petro Kryk.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wooden, Cindy (29 December 2005). "Vatican announces new bishop for Lviv, Ukraine". Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Vagada (Titular See)". Catholic Hierarchy.org.
  3. ^ "Los secretarios de las Conferencia Episcopales de Europa se reúnen en Ucrania" (in Spanish). Servicio de informacion catolica. 10 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Resignation and appointment of apostolic exarch for Ukrainian faithful of Byzantine rite resident in Germany and in Scandinavia". Vatican Press. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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