Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski (Ukrainian: Михайло Квятковський; born 21 November 1961) is a Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, who is serving as the fourth Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster since 24 August 2023.
Michael Kwiatkowski | |
|---|---|
| Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 24 August 2023 |
| Predecessor | David Motiuk (Ap. Administrator) |
| Previous post(s) | Chancellor of Archeparchy of Winnipeg (2014–2023) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 28 July 1986 (Priest) by Maxim Hermaniuk |
| Consecration | 8 November 2023 (Bishop) by Lawrence Huculak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Kwiatkowski 21 November 1961 |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Coat of arms |  |
Early life and education
editBishop Michael Kwiatkowski was born on 21 November 1961 in Hamiota, Manitoba as the third of seven children in the family of Edward Kwiatkowski and Phyllis Zemliak.[1] Later, his father Edward (1929–2021) become a priest.[2] He received an incomplete secondary education at a school in Brandon, Manitoba and completed secondary education at Saint Vladimir's College and the Minor Seminary in Roblin, Manitoba.[1]
After starting his studies at the university and working at the same time, he joined the seminary in 1980. In Rome, he resided at the Ukrainian Pontifical College of Saint Josaphat and studied at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), where he obtained bachelor's degrees in philosophy (1980–1982) and theology (1982–1985).[1][3] He was ordained as a deacon on 14 September 1985 and as a priest on 28 July 1986. Both ordinations were made by Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg.[4]
After served as an assistant priest at the parish of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Winnipeg, he returned to Rome to study the Eastern Catholic canon law at the Pontifical Oriental Institute with the Doctorate in Canon Law degree.[1]
Pastoral and educational career
editFrom 1996 to 2006, during the period when the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was strengthening after many years of the Communist persecutions, Father Kwiatkowski resided in Ukraine. Served as chancellor of the Patriarchal Curia and judge and chairman of the Major Archbishop's Tribunal. He was also vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, where he taught canon law and headed the pastoral department for 6 years.
After returning to Canada, he was appointed priest of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Seminary of the Holy Spirit in Ottawa (2006–2010). From 2010 to 2021, he served as a parish priest of the Holy Eucharist, and from 2021 to 2023, he was the parish priest of the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God in Winnipeg. During 2014–2023 Father Kwiatkowski served as chancellor of his native Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg, and was the representative of this circumscription in the Pastoral Council of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church since its foundation in 2019.[1]
Bishop
editOn 24 August 2023 he was appointed by Pope Francis as the forth Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster.[5] He was consecrated as a bishop by archbishop Lawrence Huculak and co-consecrators: archbishop Borys Gudziak and bishop David Motiuk in the Cathedral of Sts. Volodymyr and Olha in Winnipeg on 8 November 2023.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Bishop-Elect Michael Kwiatkowski". Official the Eparchy of New Westminster Website. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "The Repose of Fr. Edward Kwiatkowski". Official the Holy Eucharist Church Website. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Angelicum alumnus Rev. Michael Kwiatkowski is the new Bishop of the New Westminster Eparchy of the Ukrainians (Canada)". Official the Angelicum Website. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Renunce e nomine". press.vatican.va (in Italian). Retrieved 1 November 2023.