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Ukrainian Episcopal Conference

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Catholic bishops of Ukraine
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The Catholic bishops of Ukraine divide into 2 different conferences. There is the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops in Ukraine (Ukrainian: Конференція Римо-Католицьких Єпископів України, Latin: Conferentia episcoporum Ucrainae) and there is the Synod of Bishops of Ukrainian Catholic Church (Byzantine rite) (Latin: Synod Ecclesiae Ucrainae Catholic (bycantini)).

Both conferences are a member of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe.

The Synod

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President of the Ukrainian Catholic Church is His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Kyiv in Ukraine.

The Conference of Roman Catholic bishops in Ukraine

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Bureau

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President: Vitalii Skomarovskyi, Diocesan Bishop of Diocese of Lutsk.[1]

Vitalii Kryvytskyi is the Vice President, and Eduard Kava is the Secretary.

Secretaries and commissions

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  • Commission for Family Marian Buczek, coadjutor bishop of Lviv
  • Commission for religious women's orders, Leon Malyi, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv
  • Commission for priestly vocation, Jan Purwinski, Emeritus Bishop of Kyiv and Zhytomyr
  • Commission for charitable and philanthropic support, Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, OFM, Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv and Zhytomyr
  • Commission for Public Relations and Mass Media, Vitalii Skomarovskyi, Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv and Zhytomyr
  • Commission for Catechesis, Leon Dubrawski, OFM, Bishop of Kamjanets-Podilskyi
  • Commission for Religious Order of men, Stanislaw Padewski, OFM Cap, Emeritus Bishop of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia
  • Commission on Environment and Tourism, Antal Majnek, OFM, Bishop of Mukachevo
  • Commission for the faith, Bronislaw Bernacki, Bishop of Odesa and Simferopol

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "КОНФЕРЕНЦІЯ ЄПИСКОПІВ – Римсько-Католицька Церква в Україні" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-08-21.
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