Saskatoon eparchy
| Saskatoon eparchy | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Country | Canada |
| Ecclesiastical province | Winnipeg Archepark |
| Diocesan bishop | Bryan Joseph Bayda CSsR |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Michael Wiwchar CSsR |
| surface | 651,900 km² |
| Parishes | 99 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,033,381 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 12,700 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 1.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 397 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 14 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language | Ukrainian |
| cathedral | Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of St. George |
| Website | www.skeparchy.org |
The Eparchy of Saskatoon ( lat. : Eparchia Saskatoonensis Ucrainorum ) is in Canada located eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , based in Saskatoon .
history
The Saskatoon eparchy was founded on March 10, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution De Ruthenorum from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Exarchate Central Canada as Apostolic Exarchate Saskatoon . On November 3, 1956, the Apostolic Exarchate Saskatoon was by Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Hanc Apostolicam raised to the eparchy and subordinated to the Archeparch Winnipeg as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Exarch of Saskatoon
- 1951-1956 Andrew Roborecki
Bishops of the Saskatoon Eparchy
- 1956-1982 Andrew Roborecki
- 1983-1995 Basil Filevich
- 1995–1998 Cornelius John Pasichny OSBM , then Bishop of the Toronto Eparchy
- 1995–1998 Michael Wiwchar CSsR
- 2008– Bryan Joseph Bayda CSsR