Diocese of New Westminster, Canada 🇨🇦 (Ukrainian Rite)

Continent: North America

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: New Westminster / Neo-Vestmonasterien(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Winnipeg

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1974.06.27: Established as Diocese of New Westminster / Neo-Vestmonasterien(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (from Diocese of Edmonton and became suffragan of Winnipeg)

Contact Info

Address: 502 5th Ave., New Westminster, BC V3L 1S2, Canada

Phone: +1 (604) 524-8824

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.08.24 – ...):

Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of New Westminster (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski (63)
(2023.08.24 – ...)

Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Служитимемо Господеві

Born:	1961.11.21 (Hamiota, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.11.08

Priest of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1986.07.28 – 2014)

Priest of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2014 – 2023.08.24)

Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2023.08.24 – ...)

Bishop David Motiuk (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.01.15 – 2023.08.24)

Bishop Kenneth Anthony Adam Nowakowski (67)
(2007.06.01 – 2020.01.15)

Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England)
Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians

Бог це любов / Deus caritas est

Born:	1958.05.16 (North Battleford, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1989.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.07.24

Priest of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1989.08.19 – 2007.06.01)

Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2007.06.01 – 2020.01.15)

Bishop of Holy Family of London of the Ukrainians (England) (2020.01.15 – ...)

Apostolic Visitator in Ireland of the Ukrainians (2022.07.04 – ...)

Bishop Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M.
(1995.01.05 – 2007.06.01)

Born:	1930.04.22 (Plain Lake, AB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1955.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.03.25
Died:	2021.09.06 (Vancouver, BC, Canada † 91)

Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1995.01.05 – 2007.06.01)

Bishop Jeronim Isidore Chimy, O.S.B.M.
(1974.06.27 – 1992.09.19)

Born:	1919.03.12
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.05
Died:	1992.09.19 († 73)

Bishop of New Westminster of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1974.06.27 – 1992.09.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Eucharist, New Westminster, British Columbia
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (12)

Edmonton (→), Saint Nicholas of Chicago (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 7,900 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 15 priests (13 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 4 religious (2 brothers, 2 sisters)

Ukrainian Diocese of

New Westminster