Liubomyr Huzar

Liubomyr Huzar
Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
ArchdioceseKyiv
ProvinceKyiv
Elected29 August 2005
Term ended10 February 2011
PredecessorMyroslav Lubachivsky
SuccessorSviatoslav Shevchuk
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination30 March 1958
by Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn
Consecration2 April 1977
by Josyf Slipyj
Created cardinal21 February 2001
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Liubomyr Huzar

(1933-02-26)26 February 1933
Lwów, Second Polish Republic (present day Lviv, Ukraine)
Died31 May 2017(2017-05-31) (aged 84)
Kyiv, Ukraine
DenominationUkrainian Greek Catholic
ResidenceKniazhychi, Kyiv Oblast
Coat of armsLiubomyr Huzar's coat of arms
Styles of
Lubomyr Huzar
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeLviv (emeritus)

Liubomyr Huzar MSU (Ukrainian: Любомир Гузар; 26 February 1933 – 31 May 2017) was the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the first elected in independent Ukraine. He was also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. After the transfer of the see of Lviv to Kyiv in 2005, he was the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia. In February 2011 he became Major Archeparch Emeritus after he resigned due to ill health.