# Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in North America Meet

- Link: https://nweparchy.ca/2026/04/bishops-of-the-ukrainian-greek-catholic-church-in-north-america-meet/
- Published: 2026-04-16T21:46:39-07:00
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From Sunday evening, April 12 until Tuesday, April 14, a meeting of the Ukrainian
Catholic bishops of North America was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the chancery
office of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg, located on the banks of the historic Red 
River. The purpose of the meeting, besides strengthening the fellowship and fraternal
bond among the bishops, was to share and discuss mutual challenges facing the Ukrainian
Catholic Church in the North American diaspora, to celebrate successes and achievements,
and to plan mutual strategies for the future.

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg, Most Rev. Lawrence Huculak hosted the following
bishops for the meeting: Archbishop Borys Gudziak (Archbishop of Philadelphia, Metropolitan
of Ukrainian Catholics in the United States), Bishop David Motiuk (Edmonton Eparchy),
Bishop Paul Chomnycky (Stamford Eparchy), Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk (Eparch of
St. Nicholas Eparchy in Chicago), Bishop Bryan Bayda (Eparchy of Toronto), Bishop
Bohdan Danylo (St. Josaphat Eparchy in Parma), Bishop Andriy Rabiy (_Auxiliary Bishop
of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg_), Bishop Michael Smolinski (Eparchy of Saskatoon),
and Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski, (Eparchy of New Westminster).

Over the course of two days the Canadian and American bishops held their own separate
Metropolia meetings, culminating with a final plenary session with all the bishops
together.

The bishops heard short reports on the work of Patriarchal Catechetical Commission(
Bishop Michael Kwiatkowski), the Patriarchal Youth Commission (Bishop Bryan Bayda),
and the Patriarchal Commission for Clergy (Bishop Bohdan Danylo).

Among other topics, the bishops also discussed challenges faced by recent Ukrainian
immigrants in our two countries and ways in which our parish communities can assist
and support them, and the current status of work on the English translation of the
Divine Liturgy, which, hopefully, will be in the hands of the faithful by the end
of this year.

The bishops also confirmed their support for two upcoming annual events: the SingCon
Cantors Workshop, to be held at St. Elias Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Brampton,
ON from September 10–14, 2026, and the All-American Youth Pilgrimage to be held 
in Parma, OH from June 11–14, 2026. Lay participants from all our eparchies will
be encouraged to participate in these events.

The meeting ended on Tuesday evening, April 14, 2026 with a testimonial banquet 
held in honor of Most Rev. Archbishop Lawrence Huculak on the occasion of his 75
^(th) birthday and 20^(th) anniversary of his Installation as Metropolitan of Winnipeg.
Over 400 bishops, priests, religious men, women, and lay faithful gathered to fete
their beloved archpastor on this memorable occasion.

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