Dionisio Lachovicz

Dionisio Paulo Lachovicz, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian: Діонісій Павло Ляхович; born 2 July 1946 in Pombas, Itaiópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil) is a Brazilian-born Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was an Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy (until 2019) and Spain (until 2016). Prior to this appointment, he served as a Curial Bishop of the Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych from December 21, 2005, until January 19, 2009, under the title of Titular Bishop of Egnatia. From September 5, 2019, he is a Delegate with the rights of Apostolic Exarch for the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy.

Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M.
Titular Bishop of Egnatia
Bishop Lachovicz in 2007
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed19 January 2009
Term ended11 July 2019
PredecessorHlib Lonchyna
Successorpost abolished
Other postsCurial Bishop of Kyiv-Halych (2005–2009)
Titular Bishop of Egnatia (since 2005)
Protoarchimandrite of O.S.B.M. (1996–2004)
Orders
Ordination8 Dec 1972 (Priest)
by Efraím Basílio Krevey
Consecration26 Feb 2006 (Bishop)
by Lubomyr Husar
Personal details
Birth namePaulo Lachovicz
Born (1946-07-02) 2 July 1946
Pombas, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Coat of arms

Biography

Bishop Lachovicz was born in a family of ethnic Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Brazil. After attending the Basilian minor seminary, he joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great and made his first profession on January 30, 1964, followed by his solemn profession on March 30, 1970. He was ordained as a priest on December 8, 1972,[1] after studies at St. Basil's Seminary-Studium in Curitiba. Then he continued his studies in Brazil and Italy, earning a licentiate in Theology.[2]

Dionisio Lachovicz as a new elected Protoarchimandrite of the O.S.B.M. in 1996

After returning from Italy, he had various pastoral assignments and served as a teacher and professor at the Basilian Institutes in Brazil. From 1991 to 1996 he worked in Ukraine as a professor at and then as rector of (beginning in 1994) the Basilian Theological studies in Zolochiv.[2] From 1996 to 2004 he was the Protoarchimandrite (General Superior) of the Basilians in Rome.[3]

On December 21, 2005, Fr. Lachovicz was confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI as a curial bishop, and he was consecrated to the episcopacy on February 26, 2006. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church at that time.[1]

References
  1. "Bishop Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. "Владика Діонісій Ляхович, ЧСВВ, Єпископ-помічник Верховного Архиєпископа, Керівник Патріаршої адміністрації". Official UGCC Web Site (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  3. Gabriel Chow. "Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M.)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Isidore Patrylo		 Protoarchimandrite of the Order of Saint Basil the Great
1996–2004		 Succeeded by
Basilio Koubetch
Preceded by
Norbert Trelle		 Titular Bishop of Egnatia
2005–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Hlib Lonchyna		 Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy
2009–2019		 Succeeded by
Angelo Cardinal De Donatis
(as Apostolic Administrator of the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy)
Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Spain
2009–2016		 Succeeded by
Carlos Cardinal Osoro Sierra
(as Ordinary for the Faithful of Eastern Rite in Spain)
New title Delegate with the rights of Apostolic Exarch of
the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy
2019–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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