Michael Rusnak

Michael Rusnak, C.Ss.R., (21 August 1921 – 16 January 2003) was an American-born member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, commonly known as the Redemptorist Fathers, who was appointed Eparch of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto by Pope John Paul II in 1980.[1]

His Grace

Michael Rusnak, C.Ss.R.
Eparch of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto
ChurchSlovak Greek Catholic Church
Appointed13 October 1980
In office1980–1996
PredecessorNew Creation
SuccessorJohn Stephen Pazak, C.Ss.R.
Other postsAuxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto (1965–1980)
Orders
Ordination4 July 1949
by Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M.
Consecration2 January 1965
by Isidore Borecky
Personal details
Birth nameMichael Rusnak
Born(1921-08-21)21 August 1921
Beaverdale, Pennsylvania, United States
Died16 January 2003(2003-01-16) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Life

Born in 1921 in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania, Rusnak entered the Redemptorists in 1941 and professed religious vows as a member of the Congregation on August 2, 1942. He was ordained a priest on July 4, 1949 by Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M., who was later declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church. On August 25, 1964, he was made was Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and titular bishop of Tzernicus.[2]

Rusnak took part in the third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council. Pope John Paul II appointed him Eparch of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto on October 13, 1980. On November 11, 1996 the same pope accepted his resignation.

Rusnak died on 16 January 2003.

References
  1. Michael Rusnak at catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Number 13,905
Catholic Church titles
New title Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
1964–1980		 Succeeded by
Jožef Smej
New title Eparchial Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto
1980–1996		 Succeeded by
John Stephen Pazak


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