Neil Nicholas Savaryn

Neil Nicholas Savaryn OSBM ( Ukrainian : Ніль Николай Саварин, born May 19, 1905 in Staryj Sambir , Ukraine , formerly Galicia ; † January 8, 1986 in Edmonton , Canada ) was bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and of Edmonton .

Life

Neil Nicholas Savaryn was appointed religious priest of the Basilians of St. Consecrated to Jehoshaphat . After his ordination he was sent to Canada in 1932 and became abbot of the Basilian monastery in Mundare ( Alberta , Canada). On April 3, 1943, he was called auxiliary bishop in the Apostolic Exarchate of Canada and was appointed titular bishop of Ios . The episcopal ordination on July 1, 1943 was headed by the Apostolic Exarch of Canada, Bishop Basile Vladimir Ladyka OSBM, he was supported by co-consecrators Archbishop James Charles McGuigan and Bishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn OSBM.

On January 19, 1948, he took over the leadership of the new Apostolic Exarchate of Western Canada, based in Edmonton . With effect from November 3, 1956, he was appointed first bishop of the newly formed Edmonton Eparchy . Bishop Savaryn had been a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada since 1954 . He was a council father and took part in the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). He died on January 8, 1986 and was buried in St. Michaels Cemetery in Edmonton.

Consecrator

Bishop Savaryn was consecrator of Demetrius Martin Greschuk as titular bishop of Nazianzus ( auxiliary bishop in Edmonton) and co- consecrator at:

• Daniel Ivancho titular bishop of Europus
• Isidore Borecky as titular bishop of Amathus in Cypro
• Andrew Roborecki as Titular Bishop of Tanais
• Jeronim Isidor Chimy OSBM as Bishop of New Westminster
• Innocent Hilarion Lotocky OSBM as Bishop of Saint Nicolas of Chicago
• Stephen Sulyk as Archbishop of Philadelphia and
• Basil Filevich as Bishop of Saskatoon

Web links

• Apostolic Succession - Appointments 1943
• Apostolic Succession - Titular Seats
• Apostolic Succession Appointments 1956
• Apostolic Succession - North America
• Apostolic Succession - Nekrolog 1986
• Entry for Neil Nicholas Savaryn on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
• Historic Highlights of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton (English)
• NECROLOGY of the Order of St. Basil the Great in Canada 1909-2001 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Web presence of the Scientific Society Shevchenko in Canada (English) Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ St. Michaels Cemetery was opened in 1956 and is the Ukrainian cemetery of the Edmonton Eparchy. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 

predecessor	Office	successor
---	Bishop of Edmonton 1956–1986	Demetrius Martin Greschuk