Paul Patrick Chomnycky

Background

Paul Chomnycky was born in Vancouver, Canada, the son of a Ukrainian-immigrant father and Canadian-born mother (both of whom died in 1996) and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor"s degree in Commerce in 1980.

Education

Paul Chomnycky was born in Vancouver, Canada, the son of a Ukrainian-immigrant father and Canadian-born mother (both of whom died in 1996) and graduated from the with a Bachelor"s degree in Commerce in 1980. After working as an accountant for two years, he entered the novitate of the Order of Saint Basil the Great, working in the Basilian monastery in New New York

On 1 October 1988, he was ordained as a priest of the Order of Saint Basil the Great. Then, he continued with further studies in Philosophy at the University of Saint Anselm and the Gregorian University in Rome, receiving a Bachelor’s in Sacred Theology in 1990.

Upon his return to Canada he served briefly as an assistant pastor at Saints

Peter and Paul Church in Mundare, Alberta and Saint Basil’s, Edmonton.

Eventually he would return to both parishes as their pastor in 1997 and 2000 and also served as the pastor of Saint Mary's Church in Vancouver from 1994 to 1997. During his tenure as pastor at Saint Basil"s in Edmonton and Saint Paul"s in Mundare, he was also the superior of the local Basilian monastery.

Bishop Chomnycky also served as the Director of the Basilian Fathers museum in Mundare, a member of the Provincial Council of the Basilian Fathers of Canada, and a member of the college of consultors of the Edmonton Eparchy.

He was appointed Exarch for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain on April 5, 2002 and consecrated bishop on June 11, 2002 by Cardinal Lubomyr Husar.

Career

Ordained priest Order of St. Basil the Great, 1988. Assistant pastor Saints Peter and Paul Church, Mundare, Canada, St. Basil’s Church, Edmonton, Canada. Pastor St. Mary’s Church, Vancouver, Canada, 1994—1997, Saints Peter and Paul Church, Mundare, 1997—2000, St. Basil’s Church, Edmonton, 2000—2002.

Ordained bishop, 2002. Exarch Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian), London, 2002—2006. Bishop Eparchy of Stamford (Ukrainian), Connecticut, since 2006.

Achievements

• Paul Patrick Chomnycky has been listed as a noteworthy bishop by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Basilian monks]

Bishop Chomnycky also served as the Director of the Basilian Fathers museum in Mundare, a member of the Provincial Council of the Basilian Fathers of Canada, and a member of the college of consultors of the Edmonton Eparchy.

Connections

Father:

Stephan Chomnycky

Mother:

Jessie (Delawski) Chomnycky