Maxim Hermaniuk
Maxim Hermaniuk CSsR OC ( Ukrainian: Максим Германюк; born October 30, 1911 in Nove Selo, Lviv Oblast, formerly Galicia; † 3 May 1996 Winnipeg, Canada ) was the first Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Canada and Archbishop of Winnipeg.
Life
Maxim Hermaniuk was the son of Nikita Maxim Hermaniuk and his wife Anna, a born Monchuk. He attended elementary school in his hometown of Nove Selo, after graduation in 1932 he joined the Congregation of the Redemptorists. Until 1934 he studied at the seminary of the Redemptorist philosophy, it started to work for a four -year degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. In 1938 he returned to his home and was ordained by Bishop Mykolay Charnetskyi CSsR on 4 September of the same year to the religious priest of the Redemptorist. In 1939 he continued his studies at the Catholic University in Leuven continued. At the same time he graduated at the Oriental Institute of the University study of Oriental languages and history. He completed his studies in 1940 and 1942 respectively from an academic degree. 1943 doctorate Father Maxim Doctor of Theology and earned a licentiate. He taught at the Catholic University of Leuven moral philosophy, sociology and headed theological seminaries in Hebrew.
Chaplains in Belgium
After 1945, supervised Father Maxim in Belgium Ukrainian migrants and nursed them with the Byzantine Rite of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Soon he was co-founder and organizer of the " Ukrainian Relief Committee in Belgium " and supervised Ukrainian emigrants to Canada. Between 1945 and 1948 he founded a magazine for Ukrainian emigrants, a publisher of religious literature and was chairman of the " Ukrainian press release" in Belgium. He organized scholarships for young Ukrainians and promoted their studies at the Catholic University of Leuven. He was, after he had built a youth center for Ukrainian students, student pastor and has participated in international student conferences in Switzerland, Germany and Spain.
Metropolitan in Canada
1948 was followed by Father Hermaniuk the call for Canada and Provincial was the Order of Ontario. He taught at the seminary in Waterford ( Ontario) moral theology and theology. In October 1950 he took up a pastorate in Toronto.
On January 13, 1951, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Sinna and appointed auxiliary bishop in the Apostolic Exarchate Manitoba, and on 29 June 1951 in the Cathedral "St., Dedicated to Vladimir and Olga " by Archbishop Basile Vladimir Ladyka OSBM, the Apostolic Exarch of Canada bishop. On March 13, 1955 he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Manitoba. He took over on April 5, 1956, the Office of the Apostolic Administrator in the newly established archeparchy Winnipeg and was appointed on 3 November 1956 to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg.
He was a Council Father in the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. From 1969 to 1974 he was president of the " Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church." In 1992 he went into the age-related retirement and until his death on 3 May 1996 Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg.
Ordinations and consecrations
As Archbishop and Metropolitan, he dedicated some seminarians and priests and consecrated as principal consecrator and Mitkonsekrator several priests as bishops.
Ordinations
Michel Hrynchyshyn CSsR, Peter Stasiuk CSsR and Stephen Soroka
Principal consecrator
Ivan Prasko ( Titular Bishop of Zygris ), Volodymyr Malanczuk CSsR ( Titular Bishop of Epiphany in Syria ), Jerome Isidor Chimy OSBM ( Bishop of New Westminster), Myron Michael Daciuk OSBM ( Titular Bishop of Thyatira ), Michael Bzdel CSsR ( Archbishop of Winnipeg ), Peter Stasiuk CSsR ( Bishop of Melbourne ), Roman Danylak ( Titular Bishop of Nyssa ) and Sewerian Stefan Yakymyshyn OSBM ( Bishop of New Westminster)
Mitkonsekrator
Stephan John Kocisko ( Titular Bishop of Theveste ), Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky ( Bishop of Philadelphia ), Michael Hrynchyshyn CSsR ( Titular Bishop of Zygris ) and Michael Kuchmiak CSsR ( Titular Bishop of Agathopolis )
Honors
In 1982, Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk by the Governor General of Canada Edward Schreyer for " Officer of the Order of Canada" (OC ) has been appointed.