Bishop Andriy Khimyak (Ukrainian: Андрій Хім'як; born 13 April 1981) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as Titular Bishop of Cuicul and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archeparchy of Kyiv since 3 November 2022.
Andriy Khimyak | |
|---|---|
| Titular Bishop of Cuicul, Auxiliary Bishop of Archeparchy of Kyiv | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 3 November 2022 |
| Other post(s) | Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC (since 2021) |
| Previous post(s) | Assistant Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC (2009–2021) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 4 November 2012 (Priest) by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Consecration | 19 February 2023 (Bishop) by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andriy Mykhaylovych Khimyak 13 April 1981 |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Motto | Мир Вам (Ukrainian for "Peace be unto you") |
| Coat of arms |  |
Early life and formation
editBishop Khimyak was born in a Christian family of Mykhaylo and Halyna Khimyak with two children as a younger child in Lviv. After graduation from the school education in Lviv school #44 (1988–1998), he joined the Theological Seminary in Lviv, simultaneously studying in the Ukrainian Catholic University from 1998 until 2005.[1] He was ordained as a deacon on 9 May 2012 and as a priest on 4 November 2012. Both ordinations were made by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk for the Archeparchy of Kyiv in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv.[2]
Educational and pastoral career
editFr. Khimyak continued his studies in Rome, Italy, where he attended the Pontifical Oriental Institute (2005–2008), receiving a licentiate degree in the liturgical theology. After returning to Ukraine, he served as assistant to the Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (2009–2021) and a lecturer in the Three Saint Hierarchs Major Theological Seminary in Kyiv (2011–2023).[1]
In April 2021 he was appointed as the Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church,[1] when the previous Secretary, Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh was appointed as the Apostolic Exarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Germany and Scandinavia.
Bishop
editOn 3 November 2022, he was confirmed by Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Kyiv and appointed as a Titular Bishop of Cuicul.[3] He was consecrated as a bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and co-consecrators: bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh and bishop Stepan Sus in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv on 19 February 2023.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Владика Андрій Хім'як". Official Synod of the UGCC Website (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Bishop Andriy Khimyak". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Dalle Chiese Orientali, 03.11.2022". press.vatican.va (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2023.