Hryhoriy Komar

Bishop Hryhoriy Komar (Ukrainian: Григорій Комар; born 19 June 1976 in Letnya, Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as the Titular Bishop of Acci and Auxiliary bishop of Sambir – Drohobych since 25 June 2014.

Hryhoriy Komar
Titular Bishop of Acci, Auxiliary Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	25 June 2014
Other posts	Protosyncellus of the Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych (2012–present)
Orders
Ordination	22 Apr 2001 (Priest) by Yulian Voronovskyi
Consecration	22 Aug 2014 (Bishop) by Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Personal details
Birth name	Hryhoriy Mykhaylovych Komar
Born	(1976-06-19) 19 June 1976 Letnya, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR

Life

Bishop Komar, after graduation of the school education, joined the Theological Seminary in Lviv and then continued his studies in the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, Italy.

After returning in Ukraine he was ordained as deacon on February 12, 2001 and as priest on April 22, 2001, while served as teacher, prefect and subsequently (from July 2003 until June 2014) vice-rector in the Theological Seminary in Drohobych. At the same time, during 2004–2014 he served as a parish priest in the different parishes in Drohobych.[1]

On June 25, 2014, he was confirmed by the Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir – Drohobych, Ukraine and Titular Bishop of Acci. On August 22, 2014, he was consecrated as bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and other hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.[2]

References

1. "Кир Григорій (Комар)". Official Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych Site (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 April 2017.
2. "Bishop Hryhoriy Komar". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

See also

• List of youngest living Catholic bishops

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Heinrich Fasching	Titular Bishop of Acci 2014–	Succeeded by Incumbent