Venedykt Aleksiychuk

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Venedykt Aleksiychuk
Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago
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Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Metropolis Philadelphia
Diocese Chicago
AppointedApril 20, 2017
InstalledJune 29, 2017
Predecessor Richard Seminack
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination29 Mar 1992
by  Myroslav Lubachivsky
Consecration5 Sep 2010
by  Ihor Vozniak, Yulian Voronovskyi and Paul Chomnycky
Personal details
Born
Valeriy Dmytrovych Aleksiychuk

(1968-01-16) 16 January 1968 (age 56)
Borshchivka, Ukrainian SSR
MottoВозлюбимъ другъ друга
Styles of
Venedykt Aleksiychuk
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Reference style
Spoken style His Grace
Religious style Bishop

Bishop Venedykt (Aleksiychuk), bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago (born January 16, 1968, in Borshchivka, Kostopil Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR). Became auxiliary bishop of Lviv on September 5, 2010; became bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago on June 29, 2017.

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Life

On August 3, 2010, Lyubomyr Husar, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia, by general consent of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, appointed hieromonk Venedykt Aleksiychuk bishop-auxiliary of Lviv Archeparchy. [1] His episcopal chirotonia (ordination) was held on September 5, 2010, at St. George's Cathedral in Lviv (the main consecrator – Archbishop Ihor Voznyak, Metropolitan of Lviv, co-consecrators: Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych Yulian Voronovskyi and Bishop of Stamford Pavlo Chomytskyi).

Published books

A Superior as A Spiritual Father - 2009

Spiritual Instructions - 2010

Be Saints - 2011

Borshchivka – A Pearl of Polesia - 2013

Reflections on The Liturgical Reading of Gospel - 2015

Reflections on The Liturgical Reading of the Apostles – 2015

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References

  1. "Bishop Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago
2017-Present
Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
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Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv
2010-2017
Succeeded by
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