Jacek Pyl

Bishop Jacek Pyl, O.M.I. (Ukrainian: Яцек Пиль; Polish: Jacek Pyl; born 17 August 1962 in Garwolin,[1] Poland) is a Polish-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, who serves as an Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol and the Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna since 21 October 2006.

Jacek Pyl, O.M.I.
Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna, Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	23 November 2012
Successor	Incumbent
Other posts	Superior of the Delegature of Missionary Oblates in Ukraine (1997–2006, 2012)
Orders
Ordination	20 June 1988 (Priest) by Jerzy Stroba
Consecration	5 January 2013 (Bishop) by Bronislaw Bernacki
Personal details
Birth name	Jacek Pyl
Born	(1962-08-17) 17 August 1962 Garwolin, Polish People's Republic

Life

Bishop Pyl was born in the Roman-Catholic family in a present day Masovian Voivodeship. After graduation of the school education, joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1977;[2] he made a solemn profession on September 8, 1986, and was ordained as priest on June 20, 1988,[3] after graduation of the Major Missionary Oblates Theological Seminary in Obra, Poland and Theological faculty of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.[2]

After his ordination he served as an assistant novice master for the Missionary Oblates in Poland from 1988 until 1990, when he has been transferred to Ukraine. Fr. Pyl served in the Missionary Oblates parishes in the different regions of Ukraine. When in 1997 was established the Delegature of Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Ukraine, he became the first its Superior until 2006. Also he again served as a Superior of the Delegature a short time in 2012.[2]

On November 23, 2012, he was appointed by the Pope Benedict XVI as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol and Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna. On January 5, 2013, he was consecrated as bishop by Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.[3]

From 2013 he is residing in Simferopol.[2]

References

1. "Nasz polski biskup na Krymie". plus.dzienniklodzki.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
2. "ЄПИСКОП ПОМІЧНИК". Official Website of the Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 December 2017.
3. "Bishop Jacek Pyl, O.M.I." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Noël Simard	Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna 2012–	Succeeded by Incumbent