Diocese of Saskatoon, Canada 🇨🇦 (Ukrainian Rite)

Continent: North America

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saskatoon / Saskatoonen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Winnipeg

Neighbouring Dioceses: Edmonton (←), Winnipeg (→), Saint Nicholas of Chicago (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1951.03.10: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Saskatoon / Saskatoonen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (from Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada)
1956.11.03: Promoted as Diocese of Saskatoon / Saskatoonen(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Winnipeg)

Contact Info

Address: 214 Avenue M South, Saskatoon, SK S7M 2K4, Canada

Phone: +1 (306) 653-0138

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.11.30 – ...):

Bishop Michael Smolinsky (Михайло Смолінський), C.SS.R. (53)

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saskatoon (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Michael Smolinsky (Михайло Смолінський), C.SS.R. (53)
(2023.11.30 – ...)

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Born:	1972.09.10 (Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	2003.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.01.20

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2023.11.30 – ...)

Archbishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.04.28 – 2023.11.30)

Bishop Bryan Joseph Bayda, C.SS.R. (64)
(2008.05.02 – 2022.04.28)

Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada)

You will be my witnesses

Born:	1961.08.21 (Saskatoon, SK, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.06.27

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2008.05.02 – 2022.04.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2019.11.09 – 2022.04.28)

Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2022.04.28 – ...)

Bishop Michael Wiwchar, C.SS.R. (94)
(2000.11.29 – 2008.05.02)

Bishop emeritus of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada)

Born:	1932.05.09 (Komarno, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1959.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.28

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (1993.07.02 – 2000.11.29)

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (2000.11.29 – 2008.05.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA) (2000.12.01 – 2003.03.25)

Bishop Cornelius John Pasichny, O.S.B.M.
(1995.11.06 – 1998.07.01)

Born:	1927.03.27 (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1953.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.17
Died:	2014.01.30 († 86)

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1995.11.06 – 1998.07.01)

Bishop of Toronto of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1998.07.01 – 2003.05.03)

Bishop Basil Filevich
(1983.12.05 – 1995.11.06)

Born:	1918.01.13 (Stryj, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1942.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.02.27
Died:	2006.04.20 (Saskatoon, SK, Canada † 88)

Priest of Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1942.04.17 – 1948.01.19)

Priest of Eastern Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1948.01.19 – 1951.03.10)

Priest of Edmonton of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1951.03.10 – 1983.12.05)

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1983.12.05 – 1995.11.06)

Bishop Andrew J. Roborecki
(1956.11.03 – 1982.10.24)

Auxilium meum a Domino

Born:	1910.12.12 (Mosty Welyki, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1934.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.27
Died:	1982.10.24 († 71)

Priest of Central Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1934.07.18 – 1948.03.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Central Canada of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1948.03.03 – 1951.03.10)

Titular Bishop of Tanais (1948.03.03 – 1956.11.03)

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

Bishop of Saskatoon of the Ukrainians (Canada) (1956.11.03 – 1982.10.24)

Apostolic Exarchs of Saskatoon (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Andrew J. Roborecki
(1951.03.10 – 1956.11.03)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of St. George, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (129)

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 5,381 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 81 parishes

Personnel: 19 priests (12 diocesan, 7 religious), 3 deacons, 22 religious (7 brothers, 15 sisters), 3 seminarians

Ukrainian Diocese of

Saskatoon

Canada