Isidore Borecky

Isidore Borecky (born October 1, 1911 in Ostrówek , Poland , † July 23, 2003 in Toronto , Canada ) was the first bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Toronto .

Life

Isidore Borechky was ordained a priest on July 17, 1938 . In 1938 he was the first priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish in Brantford ( Ontario ). On January 17, 1948, he was appointed Apostolic Exarch of Eastern Canada and Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro . On May 27, 1948 consecrated him the Archbishop Basile Vladimir Ladyka OSBM (Apostolic Exarch of Canada ) and the co-consecrators Archbishop Constantine Bohacewskyi (Apostolic Exarch of the United States ) and Neil Nicholas Savaryn OSBM (Apostolic Exarch of Western Canada ) bishop. In 1951 Borecky took over the office of Apostolic Exarch of Toronto, this was elevated to an eparchy in 1956 and Borecky was appointed Bishop of Toronto on November 3, 1946.

bishop

Bishop Borecky was a member of the council in the four session periods of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), he ordained Michael Bzdel CSsR , the future Archbishop of Winnipeg , as a priest and was consecrator of Michael Rusak CSsR, who was the auxiliary bishop in the Eparchy Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto .

Borecky was co-consecrator of:

Ivan Prasko as Titular Bishop of Zygris (Apostolic Exarch of Australia ),
Volodymyr Malanczuk CSsR as Titular Bishop of Epiphany in Syria (Apostolic Exarch of France ),
Jaroslav Gabro as Bishop of Chicago
Augustine Eugene Hornyak OSBM as Titular Bishop of Hermonthis (Auxiliary Bishop in Great Britain ),
Demetrius Martin Greschuk as titular bishop of Nazianzus (auxiliary bishop in Edmonton ) and
Basil Filevich as Bishop of Saskatoon .

Consecration of secret bishops

On April 2, 1977, Cardinal Jossyf Slipyj von Lemberg consecrated the priests Ivan Choma , Stepan Czmil SDB and Lubomyr Husar MSU as so-called "secret bishops". According to unconfirmed sources, Bishop Borecky is said to have assisted as co-consecrator at these episcopal ordinations. The ordinations were made at Castel Gandolfo and only confirmed by the Holy See on February 22, 1996 .

Dispute between Toronto and the Vatican

As a result of the Second Vatican Council, bishops who had reached the age of 75 should offer their resignation to the Pope. Bishop Borecky did not accept this decision and continued his episcopate well beyond this age limit. At the top of this dispute, Pope John Paul II installed Roman Danylak as Apostolic Administrator of the Toronto Eparchy in 1992 . Bishop Borecky also turned against this measure, he criticized the " Apostolic Administrator sede plena " and called for the appointment of a coadjutor . The dispute wasn't settled until 1998. The mediation by Lubomyr Husar from Lemberg led to an amicable settlement. On July 24, 1998, Cornelius John Pasichny took over the office of bishop in Toronto. Former Bishop Isidore Borecky stayed in Toronto until his death on July 23, 2003, and Roman Danylak became a canon in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ The Oldest Ukrainian Catholic Church Community in Ontario [1]
↑ Apostolic Succession - The Church under the dictatorship in Ukraine [2]
↑ Ukrainian bishop fights to hold eparchy: he claims Vatican II rule does not apply - Bishop Isidore Borecky ( Memento from July 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )

predecessor	Office	successor
---	Bishop of Toronto 1956 - 1998	Cornelius John Pasichny

personal data
SURNAME	Borecky, Isidore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian clergyman, Bishop of Toronto
DATE OF BIRTH	October 1, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ostrówek , Poland
DATE OF DEATH	July 23, 2003
Place of death	Toronto , Canada

[1] The Oldest Ukrainian Catholic Church Community in Ontario [1]

[2] Apostolic Succession - The Church under the dictatorship in Ukraine [2]

[3] Ukrainian bishop fights to hold eparchy: he claims Vatican II rule does not apply - Bishop Isidore Borecky ( Memento from July 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )