Dionisio Lachovicz

Bishop Dionisio Paulo Lachovicz, O.S.B.M., (Ukrainian: Діонісій Павло Ляхович; born 2 July 1946 in Pombas, Itaiópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil) is a Brazilian-born Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was an Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy (until 2019) and Spain (until 2016). Prior to this appointment, he served as a Curial Bishop of the Major Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halych from December 21, 2005, until January 19, 2009, under the title of Titular Bishop of Egnatia. From September 5, 2019, he is a Delegate with the rights of Apostolic Exarch for the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy.

Coat of arms of Bishop Dionisio Lachovicz

Dionisio Lachovicz, O.S.B.M.
Titular Bishop of Egnatia
Bishop Lachovicz in 2007
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	19 January 2009
Term ended	11 July 2019
Predecessor	Hlib Lonchyna
Successor	post abolished
Other posts	Curial Bishop of Kyiv-Halych (2005–2009) Titular Bishop of Egnatia (since 2005) Protoarchimandrite of O.S.B.M. (1996–2004)
Orders
Ordination	8 Dec 1972 (Priest) by Efraím Basílio Krevey
Consecration	26 Feb 2006 (Bishop) by Lubomyr Husar
Personal details
Birth name	Paulo Lachovicz
Born	(1946-07-02) 2 July 1946 Pombas, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Biography

Bishop Lachovicz was born in a family of ethnic Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Brazil. After attending the Basilian minor seminary, he joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great and made his first profession on January 30, 1964, followed by his solemn profession on March 30, 1970. He was ordained as a priest on December 8, 1972,[1] after studies at St. Basil's Seminary-Studium in Curitiba. Then he continued his studies in Brazil and Italy, earning a licentiate in Theology.[2]

Dionisio Lachovicz as a new elected Protoarchimandrite of the O.S.B.M. in 1996

After returning from Italy, he had various pastoral assignments and served as a teacher and professor at the Basilian Institutes in Brazil. From 1991 to 1996 he worked in Ukraine as a professor at and then as rector of (beginning in 1994) the Basilian Theological studies in Zolochiv.[2] From 1996 to 2004 he was the Protoarchimandrite (General Superior) of the Basilians in Rome.[3]

On December 21, 2005, Fr. Lachovicz was confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI as a curial bishop, and he was consecrated to the episcopacy on February 26, 2006. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church at that time.[1]

References

1. "Bishop Dionisio Lachovicz (Liakhovych), O.S.B.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
2. "Владика Діонісій Ляхович, ЧСВВ, Єпископ-помічник Верховного Архиєпископа, Керівник Патріаршої адміністрації". Official UGCC Web Site (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
3. Gabriel Chow. "Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M.)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2 May 2017.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Isidore Patrylo	Protoarchimandrite of the Order of Saint Basil the Great 1996–2004	Succeeded by Basilio Koubetch
Preceded by Norbert Trelle	Titular Bishop of Egnatia 2005–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Hlib Lonchyna	Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy 2009–2019	Succeeded by Angelo Cardinal De Donatis (as Apostolic Administrator of the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy)
	Apostolic Visitor for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Spain 2009–2016	Succeeded by Carlos Cardinal Osoro Sierra (as Ordinary for the Faithful of Eastern Rite in Spain)
New title	Delegate with the rights of Apostolic Exarch of the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Italy 2019–present	Succeeded by Incumbent