Wassylij Medwit

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Wassylij Medwit OSBM (Ukrainian Василій Медвіт , scientific translation Vasyliy Medvit ; born July 23, 1949 in Przemyśl , Poland ) is an emeritus Ukrainian Greek Catholic auxiliary bishop , titular bishop and exarch .

Life

Wassylij Medwit was born in Przemysl, Poland. On December 26, 1978, Medwit decided to join the religious community of the Basilians .

He completed his theological studies in Rome . During his stay in Rome from 1984 to 1986 he worked at the “Pontifical College of St. Josaphat Kunzewitsch ” in the position of vice- rector . Medwit received on 31 May in 1984 by Pope John Paul II. The Holy Orders .

After his return to Poland, Vasylij Medwit took on pastoral duties from 1986 to 1989 as a pastor in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic diaspora - parishes of Bani Mazurski and Krukljanky . On January 4, 1989, Medwit was appointed the first abbot of the Basilian Province of the Protection of the Blessed Mother in Poland. July 12, 1994 he donated to the Greek Catholic St. George's Cathedral in Lviv by the laying on of hands Cardinal myroslav ivan lubachivsky the episcopal ordination ; Co - consecrators were Jan Martyniak , Ruthenian Greek Catholic Bishop of Przemyśl , and Myron Michael Daciuk OSBM, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop of Edmonton . At the same time, he was appointed titular bishop of Hadriane .

In 1996, Wassylij Medwit became papal apostolic visitor for the Greek Catholic Christians in Kazakhstan . The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church chose Wassylij Medwit in 1997 for Archbishop Exarch of Archbishop Exarchate of Kyiv and Vyshhorod . Medwit took on the duties of secretary in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Synod of Bishops from 2001 to 2005.

Since March 17, 2009 Vasylij Medwit was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archbishopric Exarchate Donetsk-Kharkiv . On October 25, 2013 Vasylij Medwit resigned as auxiliary bishop in the Archbishopric Exarchate Donetsk-Kharkiv.

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SURNAME Medwit, Wassylij
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Medvit, Vasyl Ihor; Медвіт, Василій; Medvit, Vasyliy; Medwit, Wassylij OSBM (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian Greek Catholic auxiliary bishop emeritus, titular bishop and exarch
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Przemyśl , Poland