Metropolitan-Archeparch Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R..
Winnipeg Winnipeg, city, Canada
Winnipeg (wĭn`ĭpĕg), city (1991 pop. 616,790), provincial capital, SE Man., Canada, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. , MB -- The Ukrainian Eparch ep·arch
n. Eastern Orthodox Church
A bishop or metropolitan.
[Medieval Greek eparkhos, from Greek, governor, ruler, from eparkhein, to rule over : ep-, epi- (bishop) of Edmonton Most Rev. Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M., has been appointed as the successor of Metropolitan-Archeparch Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R., of Winnipeg, who retires at age 75.
The new Metropolitan-Archeparch, 55, has a diocese DIOCESE, eccl. law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. 1 B1. Com. 111. that includes 30,000 Ukrainian Catholics in 130 parishes and missions. These include 50 priests, 15 permanent deacons and 43 religious men and women.
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