Taras Senkiv (bishop)
| Taras Senkiv, O.M. | |
|---|---|
| Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 20 January 2010 (as Apostolic Administrator) 2 April 2014 (as Bishop) |
| Predecessor | Julian Gbur |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop of Stryi (2008–2010) Titular Bishop of Siccenna (2008–2014) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 28 May 1982 (Priest) by Pavlo Vasylyk |
| Consecration | 20 July 2008 (Bishop) by Lubomyr Husar |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Taras Pavlovych Senkiv |
| Born | 3 July 1960 Bilobozhytsia, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
Bishop Taras Senkiv, O.M. (Ukrainian: Тарас Сеньків; born 3 July 1960 in Bilobozhytsia, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi since 2 June 2005 (until 21 November 2011 in rank of Eparchial Bishop). Previously he served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Stryi from 22 May 2008 until 20 January 2010 and as an Apostolic Administrator of the same Stryi from 20 January 2010 until 2 April 2014 as a Titular Bishop of Siccenna.[1]
Life
Bishop Senkiv was born in the family of clandestine Greek-Catholics in the Western Ukraine. After graduation of the school education he joined clandestine theological seminary in age 17, simultaneously working at various jobs.[2]
In this time he was clandestinly ordained as priest by Bishop Pavlo Vasylyk on May 28, 1982, after complited clandestine theological studies and made a pastoral work among faithful of the "Catacomb Church", mainly in the Western Ukraine. From 1989 until 1992 he served as Dean of Chortkiv Deanery and from 2001 until 2002 as a Synkellos of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Buchach. During 1992–2000 Fr. Senkiv continued his theological studies in the Theological Seminary in Olomouc, Czech Republic and Palacký University in the same city with licentiate degree in theology. On February 15, 2002 he joined the religious order of Minims in Italy and was professed on Ocober 1, 2006.[2]
On May 22, 2008 Fr. Senkiv was appointed and on July 20, 2008 was consecrated to the Episcopate as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.[1]
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| Preceded by
by nobody
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Auxiliary Bishop of Stryi 2008–2010 |
Succeeded by Bohdan Manyshyn |
| Preceded by | Apostolic Administrator of Stryi 2010–2014 |
Succeeded by himself as Eparchial Bishop |
| Preceded by
himself as Apostolic Administrator
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Eparchial Bishop of Stryi 2014–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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