Metropolitan Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Canada (Ukrainian Rite)

Continent: North America

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Winnipeg / Vinnipegen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Edmonton, New Westminster, Saskatoon, Toronto

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Vladimir, Saint Olga of Kiev

History

1912.06.15: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Canada
1948.01.19: Renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada (lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Eastern Canada and Apostolic Exarchate of Western Canada)
1951.03.10: Renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Manitoba (lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Saskatoon)
1956.11.03: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Winnipeg / Vinnipegen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (with suffragan sees Edmonton, Saskatoon and Toronto)
1974.06.27: Gained suffragan see New Westminster

Contact Info

Address: 233 Scotia Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 1V7, Canada

Phone: +1 (204) 338-7801

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1984.09)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2006.01.09 – ...):	Archbishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. (73)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.11.10 – ...):	Bishop Andriy Rabiy (48) Titular Bishop of Germaniciana

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Winnipeg (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. (73)
(2006.01.09 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Confido in Domini

Born:	1951.01.25 (Vernon, BC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1977.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.04.03

Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1996.12.16 – 2006.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2006.01.09 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2022.04.28 – 2023.11.30)

Archbishop Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R.
(1992.12.16 – 2006.01.09)

Born:	1930.07.21 (Wishart, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1954.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.03.09
Died:	2012.04.03 (Winnipeg, MB, Canada † 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1992.12.16 – 2006.01.09)

Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R.
(1956.11.03 – 1992)

Born:	1911.10.30 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1938.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.06.29
Died:	1996.05.03 († 84)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1951.01.13 – 1955.03.13)

Titular Bishop of Sinna (1951.01.13 – 1956.09.01)

Coadjutor Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1955.03.13 – 1956.09.01)

Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1956.09.01 – 1956.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1956.11.03 – 1992)

President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (1969 – 1974)

Apostolic Exarchs of Manitoba (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1956.09.01 – 1956.11.03)

(see above)

Archbishop Basile Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M.
(1929.05.20 – 1956.09.01)

Born:	1884.08.02 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1912.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.07.14
Died:	1956.09.01 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Abydus (1929.05.20 – 1948.06.21)

Apostolic Exarch of Manitoba of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1929.05.20 – 1956.09.01)

Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis (1948.06.21 – 1956.09.01)

Apostolic Exarchs of Canada (Ukrainian Rite)

Blessed Bishop Mykyta Budka (Микита Будка)
(1912.07.15 – 1927)

Born:	1877.06.07 (Zbaraz’kyi district, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1905.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.10.14
Died:	1949.10.01 🩸 (Karagandy, Kazakhstan † 72)
Beatified:	2001.06.27 (Lviv, Ukraine)

Apostolic Exarch of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1912.07.15 – 1927)

Titular Bishop of Patara (1912.07.15 – 1949.10.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1928 – 1949.10.01)

Bishop. Martyr.

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Apostolic Exarch: Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop) (1955.03.13 – 1956.09.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop David Motiuk (62) (2002.04.05 – 2007.01.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Stefan Soroka (72) (later Archbishop) (1996.03.29 – 2000.11.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M. (1982.06.24 – 1991.10.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Maxim Hermaniuk, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop) (1951.01.13 – 1955.03.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Andrew J. Roborecki (1948.03.03 – 1951.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. (1943.04.03 – 1948.01.19)