Dionisio Lachovicz
Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M. | |
|---|---|
| Titular Bishop of Egnatia | |
Bishop Lachovicz in 2007 | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 19 January 2009 |
| Term ended | 11 July 2019 |
| Predecessor | Hlib Lonchyna |
| Successor | post abolished |
| Other post(s) | Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halych (2005–2009) Titular Bishop of Egnatia (since 2005) Protoarchimandrite of O.S.B.M. (1996–2004) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 Dec 1972 (Priest) by Efraím Basílio Krevey |
| Consecration | 26 Feb 2006 (Bishop) by Lubomyr Husar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paulo Lachovicz 2 July 1946 Pombas, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Coat of arms | |
Bishop Dionisio Paulo Lachovicz, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian: Діонісій Павло Ляхович; born 2 July 1946) is a Brazilian-born Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was an Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy (until 2019) and Spain (until 2016). Prior to this appointment, he served as a Curial Bishop of the Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych from 21 December 2005, until 19 January 2009, under the title of Titular Bishop of Egnatia. From 5 September 2019, he was a Delegate with the rights of Apostolic Exarch for the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy, and later become a full Apostolic Exarch, until his retirement on 7 March 2025.
Biography
Bishop Lachovicz was born in a family of ethnic Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Pombas, Itaiópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. After attending the Basilian minor seminary, he joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great and made his first profession on January 30, 1964, followed by his solemn profession on March 30, 1970. He was ordained as a priest on December 8, 1972,[1] after studies at St. Basil's Seminary-Studium in Curitiba. Then he continued his studies in Brazil and Italy, earning a licentiate in Theology.[2]
After returning from Italy, he had various pastoral assignments and served as a teacher and professor at the Basilian Institutes in Brazil. From 1991 to 1996 he worked in Ukraine as a professor at and then as rector of (beginning in 1994) the Basilian Theological studies in Zolochiv.[2] From 1996 to 2004 he was the Protoarchimandrite (General Superior) of the Basilians in Rome.[3]
On December 21, 2005, Fr. Lachovicz was confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI as a curial bishop, and he was consecrated to the episcopacy on February 26, 2006. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church at that time.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Bishop Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Владика Діонісій Ляхович, ЧСВВ, Єпископ-помічник Верховного Архиєпископа, Керівник Патріаршої адміністрації". Official UGCC Web Site (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ Gabriel Chow. "Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M.)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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