Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster

This article is about the ecclesiastical district. For their place of worship, see Holy Eucharist Cathedral (New Westminster).

Eparchy of New Westminster Eparchia Neo-Vestmonasteriensis Ucrainorum Українська Католицька Єпархія Нью Вестмінстера
Holy Eucharist Cathedral
Location
Territory	British Columbia, Canada
Ecclesiastical province	Archeparchy of Winnipeg
Headquarters	New Westminster, B.C., Canada
Population - Catholics	7,800
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite
Established	June 27, 1974
Cathedral	Holy Eucharist Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Eparch	Michael Kwiatkowski
Metropolitan Archbishop	Lawrence Huculak
Website
www.nweparchy.ca

The Eparchy of New Westminster is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The eparchy is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archeparchy of Winnipeg.

As of 2004^[update], the diocese contained 7,800 Catholics with 17 parishes, 11 active diocesan priests and 2 religious priests as well as 2 women religious, 2 religious brothers, and 2 permanent deacons.[1] On 16 January 2020, bishop David Motiuk was appointed an Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of New Westminster.[2]

Eparchial bishops

The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops and their terms of service:

• Jeronim Chimy (1974–1992)
• Severian Yakymyshyn (1995–2007)
• Kenneth Nowakowski (2007–2020)
• David Motiuk, Apostolic Administrator (2020–2023)
• Michael Kwiatkowski (since 2023)

References

1. "Parishes | Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster". nweparchy.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
2. "Bishop David Motiuk". Eparchy of New Westminster.

• Eparchy of New Westminster page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 14, 2006

External links

• Official website

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