Yosafat Hovera
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Bishop Yosafat Oleh Hovera (
Life
Bishop Hovera was born in the family of clandestine Greek-Catholics in Ivano-Frankivsk, where he grew up. After graduation from school he joined a clandestine theological seminary.[1]
He was ordained as priest for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv on 30 May 1990, after completing clandestine theological studies, and was appointed as a parish priest in Velyka Berezovytsia. Fr. Hovera continued his studies in the Catholic University of Lublin from 1996 until 1999. After returning to Ukraine he was appointed as a vice-rector of the Major Theological Seminary in Ternopil (1999–2004). During 2004–2007 he again continued his studies, but this time in Rome, in the Pontifical Oriental Institute with a licentiate degree in pastoral theology. In 2007 he was appointed as a Rector of the Theological Seminary in Ternopil.[1]
On 15 January 2008 Fr. Hovera was appointed, and on 7 April 2008 was
Personal details
His father, Yaroslav Hovera, was a prisoner in the
Bishop Hovera has a two brothers, who also are a clergymen: Rev. Andriy Ivan Hovera (born 1966), Synkellos of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv, and Rev. Vasyl Hovera (born 1972), Apostolic Administrator for Apostolic Administration of Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
References
- ^ a b "Владика Йосафат Говера". Official Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk Website (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Bishop Josaphat Oleh Hovera". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Апостольський адміністратор о. Василь Говера: «Щоб відслужити Літургію, нашим священникам доводиться долати сотні кілометрів»". Official Website of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 December 2019.