Neil Savaryn, O.S.B.M. | |
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Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton | |
Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Appointed | 19 January 1948 (as Apostolic Exarch) 3 November 1956 (as Eparchial Bishop) |
Term ended | 8 January 1986 |
Predecessor | New Creation |
Successor | Demetrius Greschuk |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Ios (1943–1956), Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (1943–1948) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 23 August 1931 (Priest) by Bl. Josaphat Kotsylovsky |
Consecration | 1 July 1943 (Bishop) by Basil Ladyka, James Charles McGuigan, Ambrose Senyshyn |
Personal details | |
Born | Mykola Vasylyovych Savaryn 19 May 1905 |
Died | January 8, 1986 Edmonton, Canada | (aged 80)
Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian: Ніл Микола Саварин; 19 May 1905 in Staryi Sambir, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) – 8 January 1986 in Edmonton, Canada) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as the titular bishop of Ios and auxiliary bishop of Apostolic Exarchate of Canada from 3 April 1943 until 19 January 1948 and as the first eparchial bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton from 19 January 1948 until his death on 8 January 1986 (until 10 March 1951 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Western Canada and until 3 November 1956 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Edmonton).