Demetrius Hryhorak

Bishop Demetrius Hryhorak OSBM (2016)

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Demetrius Bohdan Hryhorak OSBM also Dmytro Hryhorak or Dimitri Hryhorak (born January 1, 1956 in Ivano-Frankivsk , Ukrainian SSR ) is Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop of the Buchach Eparchy in Ukraine.

Life

Bohdan Hryhorak, his baptismal name , is the son of Dmytro and Anna Hryhorak. His family suffered under the rule of the communist government in Ukraine and had their religion in the ground exercise. In pastoral care they were given by the Basilians of St. Josaphat looks after. He attended a general education school in Ivano-Frankivsk from 1963 to 1973 and then moved to a university . He completed an engineering degree at the Institute for Oil and Gas and graduated in 1978 as an engineer (grad.), Then he worked in various companies as a design engineer .

In 1981 Bohdan Hryhorak got in touch with the Fathers and Monks of the Basilians and Studites and on October 14, 1989 joined the religious order of the Basilians of St. Josaphat a. In 1990 he took his perpetual religious vows . He chose Dimitrios as the religious name , which goes back to Saint Dimitrios (Demetrios) of Thessaloniki (* 3rd century; † around 306), a saint of the Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church . From 1991 to 1996 he studied at the Basilian seminary in Ivano-Frankivsk and completed his theology studies at the Catholic University of Lublin (Poland) with a master's degree in ecclesiology . He was ordained a deacon on September 21, 1992, and was ordained a priest on October 25, 1992 by Bishop Sofron Dmyterko OSBM ( Archeparchy Ivano-Frankivsk ). He then worked in the pastoral service in Ivano-Frankivsk and was then appointed prior of the monastery of St. Basil the Great in Lutsk .

After the resignation of the incumbent Bishop Irynej Bilyk OSBM Pope Benedict XVI. on July 28, 2007 to the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Butschatsch. On July 23, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI confirmed the election of Father Hryhorak as Bishop of Butschatsch by the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. On September 18, 2011 he was consecrated as bishop by Grand Archbishop Svyatoslaw Shevchuk and Bishops Vasyl Semenjuk ( Ternopil ) and Sofron Stefan Mudry OSBM (Ivano Frankivsk) .

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predecessor	Office	successor
Irynej Bilyk OSBM	Bishop of Butschatsch since 2011	---

personal data
SURNAME	Hryhorak, Demetrius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hryhorak, Demetrius Boghan; Hryhorak, Dmytro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian religious, Bishop of Butschatsch
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ivano-Frankivsk , Ukrainian SSR