Lawrence Daniel Huculak OSBM (born January 25, 1951, in Vernon, British Columbia) is the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Canada. In 1969 he entered the Order of St. Basil the Great in Mundare, Alberta.[1]
Most Reverend Lawrence Huculak | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | January 6, 2006 |
| Predecessor | Michael Bzdel |
| Other post(s) | Apostolic Administrator of Saskatoon 2022- Present Bishop of Edmonton (1997–2006) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | August 28, 1977 (priest) |
| Consecration | April 3, 1997 by Michael Bzdel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Huculak January 25, 1951 |
He was ordained a priest on August 28, 1977, and was ordained as the Eparchial Bishop of Edmonton on 3 April 1997.[1]
He was appointed Metropolitan of Winnipeg on 9 January 2006 and installed on 11 February 2006.[2] He holds a doctorate in eastern liturgy from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.
As of 2024 he has been a priest for 47 years, and 27 years as a bishop.[3] In 2019 he became the second longest-serving metropolitan archbishop of Winnipeg, after Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, who served for 36 years.
On April 28, 2022, he was named Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Saskatoon.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Huculak, Lawrence". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Archbishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M. – 25th Anniversary of Episcopal consecration – April 3, 2022". skeparchy.org. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M. appointed by Holy Father as Apostolic Administrator of Eparchy of Saskatoon". skeparchy.org. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
External links
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