Paul Chomnycky

His Grace The Most Reverend Paul Patrick Chomnycky O.S.B.M.
Eparch of Stamford
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Metropolis	Philadelphia
Diocese	Stamford
Appointed	January 3, 2006
Installed	February 20, 2006
Predecessor	Basil H. Losten
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in Great Britain Titular Bishop of Buffada
Orders
Ordination	October 1, 1988 by Jeronim Isidore Chimy
Consecration	June 11, 2002 by Lubomyr Husar, Michael Bzdel and Lawrence Huculak
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-19) 19 May 1954 Vancouver, British Columbia
Motto	Господь мій Пастир

Styles of Paul Patrick Chomnycky
Reference style	His Grace The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Grace
Religious style	Bishop

Paul Patrick Chomnycky, OSBM, (born 19 May 1954) is a bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the current bishop of the Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut.

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 University of British Columbia 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 St. Basil the Great, working in the Basilian monastery in New York.

On 1 October 1988, he was ordained as a priest of the Order of St. Basil the Great. Then, he continued with further studies in Philosophy at the University of St. 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 Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Mundare, Alberta and St. Basil's, Edmonton. Eventually he would return to both parishes as their pastor in 1997 and 2000 and also served as the pastor of St. Mary's Church in Vancouver from 1994 to 1997. During his tenure as pastor at St. Basil's in Edmonton and St. 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.

See also

• Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians
• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

External links

• Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford Official Site
• The Catholic Church in England and Wales news release on the appointment of Paul Chomnycky as Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in Great Britain