Ivan Prasko

Ivan Prasko (Ukrainian: Іван Прашко ), ( born May 1, 1914 in Zbaraj, Ukraine, † January 28, 2001 in Melbourne, Australia) was bishop of the Ukrainian Greek - Catholic Church in Melbourne. To his jurisdiction include Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

Life

Prasko began his studies at the Theological Academy in Lviv. He then went to Rome and continued his studies at the Pontifical University Damascenum and the Pontifical University Urbanianum continued. He was ordained on April 2, 1939, also a priest in Rome. He then began graduate studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University and received his doctorate in 1943 at the Pontifical Oriental Institute. From 1950-1958 he was pastor at Saints Peter and Paul in Melbourne. On 10 May 1958 he received the appointment as Apostolic Exarch of Australia with simultaneous appointment as Titular Bishop of Zygris and on 19 October 1958, he was ordained a bishop. The consecration led Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk CSsR of Winnipeg, he assisted Archbishop Ivan Bucko, Apostolic Visitor of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Western Europe, and Bishop Isidore Borecky of Toronto.

On 24 June 1982 he was appointed bishop of the Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul in Melbourne. With age, he took over on 16 December 1992 until his death on 28 June 2001 the call to the retired Bishop of Melbourne. Between 1962 and 1965 he participated in three sessions of the Second Vatican Council. In recognition of his ecclesiastical activities, he was named " Member of the British Empire ( MBE) ". He was succeeded by Bishop Peter Stasiuk.

Secret bishops

In times of political persecution in the Soviet Union " were for the Greek- Catholic Church bishops consecrated ground, which ensured the survival of the church until the downfall of the regime ". These bishops were Stepan Czmil SDB, Ivan Choma and Ljubomyr Cardinal Husar. The appointments of these "underground or secret bishops " did not approval of the Holy See, but they were later confirmed. In these consecrations, although contradictory, Bishop Prasko Mitkonsekrator should have been. ( Comparatively: Cardinal in pectore )