Diocese of Edmonton, Canada (Ukrainian Rite)

Continent: North America

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Edmonton / Edmontonen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Winnipeg

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Websites:

History

1948.01.19: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Western Canada (from Apostolic Exarchate of Canada)
1951.03.10: Renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Edmonton / Edmontonen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)
1956.11.03: Promoted as Diocese of Edmonton / Edmontonen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Winnipeg)
1974.06.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of New Westminster

Contact Info

Address: Eparch’s Chancery, 9645 - 108 Ave., Edmonton, AB T5H 1A3, Canada

Phone: +1 (780) 424-5496

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.01.25 – ...):

Bishop David Motiuk (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Edmonton (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop David Motiuk (62)
(2007.01.25 – ...)

Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Born:	1962.01.13 (Vegreville, AB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1988.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.06.11

Priest of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1988.08.21 – 2002.04.05)

Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia (2002.04.05 – 2007.01.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2002.04.05 – 2007.01.25)

Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2007.01.25 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2020.01.15 – 2023.08.24)

Bishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. (73) (later Archbishop)
(1996.12.16 – 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)

Bishop Myron Michael Daciuk, O.S.B.M.
(1991.10.28 – 1996.01.14)

Born:	1919.11.16 (Mundare, AB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1945.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.10.14
Died:	1996.01.14 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Thyatira (1982.06.24 – 1991.10.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1982.06.24 – 1991.10.28)

Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1991.10.28 – 1996.01.14)

Bishop Demetrius Martin Greschuk
(1986.04.28 – 1990.07.08)

Born:	1923.11.07
Ordained Priest:	1950.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.10.03
Died:	1990.07.08 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1974.06.27 – 1986.04.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1974.06.27 – 1986.04.28)

Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1986.04.28 – 1990.07.08)

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M.
(1956.11.03 – 1986.01.08)

In te Domine speravi

Born:	1905.05.19 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1931.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.07.01
Died:	1986.01.08 († 80)

Auxiliary Bishop of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1943.04.03 – 1948.01.19)

Titular Bishop of Ios (1943.04.03 – 1956.11.03)

Apostolic Exarch of Western Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1948.01.19 – 1951.03.10)

Apostolic Exarch of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1951.03.10 – 1956.11.03)

Bishop of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1956.11.03 – 1986.01.08)

Apostolic Exarchs of Edmonton (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M.
(1951.03.10 – 1956.11.03)

(see above)

Apostolic Exarchs of Western Canada (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M.
(1948.01.19 – 1951.03.10)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Demetrius Martin Greschuk (1974.06.27 – 1986.04.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Josaphat’s Cathedral, Edmonton, Alberta

Churches by City (90)

New Westminster (←), Saskatoon (→), Saint Nicholas of Chicago (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 5,090 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 81 parishes

Personnel: 38 priests (28 diocesan, 10 religious), 5 deacons, 21 religious (12 brothers, 9 sisters), 3 seminarians

Ukrainian Diocese of

Edmonton

Canada