Yossafat Moschtschytsch
Yossafat Moschtschytsch ( Ukrainian Йосафат Мощич ; born September 16, 1976 in Staryj Rosdil , Ukrainian SSR ) is a clergyman of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Bishop of Chernivtsi .
Life
After training at the Ivano-Frankivsk seminary , he received the sacrament of ordination on September 26, 1999 . He then joined the missionary community of St. Andrew the Apostle, a congregation under episcopal law, and made his perpetual profession in 2002 .
The Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church elected him auxiliary bishop in the Ivano-Frankivsk Archeparchy . On May 27, 2014, Pope Francis confirmed the election and appointed him titular bishop of Pulcheriopolis . The episcopal ordination donated him the Major Archbishop of Kiev and Galicia , Svyatoslaw Shevchuk , on August 3 of the same year; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Lemberg , Ihor Vosnjak CSsR , and the Archbishop of Ivano-Frankivsk, Volodymyr Viytyshyn .
On September 12, 2017, Pope Francis Yossafat Moschtschytsch confirmed the election as the first bishop of the Chernivtsi eparchy, which was established on the same date . The inauguration took place on November 18 of the same year.
Web links
- Entry on Yosafat Moschych on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on September 19, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Papal confirmation of the election of auxiliary bishop (Italian) , in the Press Office of the Holy See, Daily Bulletin of May 27, 2014
- ↑ assenso del Santo Padre all'erezione dell'Eparchia di Chernivtsi e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 12, 2017, accessed September 12, 2017 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moschtschytsch, Yossafat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Мощич, Йосафат (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian clergyman, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop of Chernivtsi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Staryj Rosdil , Ukrainian SSR |