Demetrius Greschuk

Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch (1923–1990)

Demetrius Greschuk
Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	28 April 1986
Term ended	8 July 1990
Predecessor	Neil Savaryn
Successor	Myron Daciuk
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Nazianzus, Auxiliary Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton (1974–1986)
Orders
Ordination	11 June 1950 (Priest) by Neil Savaryn
Consecration	3 October 1974 (Bishop) by Neil Savaryn
Personal details
Born	Demetrius Martin Greschuk (1923-11-07)7 November 1923 Innisfree, Alberta, Canada
Died	July 8, 1990(1990-07-08) (aged 66) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Bishop Demetrius Martin Greschuk (Ukrainian: Дмитро Мартин Ґрещук; 7 November 1923 in Innisfree, Alberta, Canada – 8 July 1990 in Edmonton, Canada) was a Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as the Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Auxiliary Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton from 27 June 1974 until 28 April 1986 and as the second Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton from 28 April 1986 until his death on 8 July 1990.

Life

Bishop Greschuk was born in the family of ethnical Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Canada. After the school education, he subsequently studied philosophy and theology in the St. Augustine Theological Seminary in Toronto.^[1] Greschuk was ordained as a priest on June 11, 1950^[2] after completed theological studies.

After that he had a various pastoral assignments and served as parish priest in the different parishes of his native Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton.^[1]

On June 27, 1974, Fr. Greschuk was nominated by Pope Paul VI and on October 3, 1974 consecrated to the Episcopate as the Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Auxiliary Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton. The principal consecrator was Bishop Neil Savaryn.^[2] Bishop Greschuk died on July 8, 1990, in the age 66.

References

^ ^a ^b Блажейовський, Дмитро (1996). Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996) (in Ukrainian). Львів: Каменяр. p. 351.
^ ^a ^b "Bishop Demetrius Martin Greschuk †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Salvatore Rotolo	Titular Bishop of Nazianzus 1974–1986	Succeeded by Miguel Mykycej
Preceded by Neil Savaryn	Eparchial Bishop of Edmonton 1986–1990	Succeeded by Myron Daciuk

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Hierarchy including Ecclesiastical circumscriptions

Major archeparchy

Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Archeparchies

Eparchies

Ukraine	Buchach: Dmytro Hryhorak Chernivtsi: Yosafat Moschych Kamyanets–Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz Sokal–Zhovkva: Mykhaylo Koltun Stryi: Taras Senkiv
Poland	Olsztyn–Gdańsk: Arkadiusz Trochanowski Wrocław–Koszalin: Włodzimierz Juszczak
Canada	Edmonton: David Motiuk Saskatoon: Michael Smolinski New Westminster: Michael Kwiatkowski Toronto and Eastern Canada: Bryan Bayda
United States	Saint Nicholas of Chicago: Venedykt Aleksiychuk Saint Josaphat in Parma: Bohdan Danylo Stamford: Paul Chomnycky
Brazil	Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis: Meron Mazur
Argentina	Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
Australia and New Zealand	Saints Peter and Paul of Australia: Mykola Bychok
United Kingdom	Holy Family of London: Kenneth Nowakowski
France, Benelux and Switzerland	Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris: Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic Administrator)