Stephen Chmilar
Stephen Chmilar | |
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| Eparchial Bishop Emeritus of Lubomyr Husar | |
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| Born | Stephen Victor Chmilar 24 May 1945 |
Stephen Victor Chmilar (
Life
Bishop Chmilar was born in the family of ethnical Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Canada. After the school education, he subsequently joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great, where he had a solemn profession on November 17, 1968. Chmilar was ordained as a priest on June 11, 1972, after studies at the University of Ottawa (1966–1968) with bachelor's degree in philosophy and Saint Paul University in Ottawa (1968–1972) with bachelor's degree in theology.[1]
After that he had a various pastoral assignments and served as a parish priest, spiritual director and director of the Christian summer camps at the Basilian and another ecclesiastical Institutes in Canada.[1] In 1991 he left the Basilian Order and was incardinated in the Ukrainian Eparchy of Toronto.[2]
On May 3, 2003, Fr. Chmilar was nominated by Pope
Retired on 9 November 2019, before turning an age limit of 75 years old.
References
- ^ a b "Владика Степан Хміляр, Єпарх Торонтонський". Official UGCC Web Site (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Bishop Stephen Victor Chmilar". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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