Petro Loza

Bishop Petro Loza, C.Ss.R. (Ukrainian: Петро Лоза; born 3 June 1979 in Kolodentsi, Kamianka-Buzka Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as the Titular Bishop of Panium and Auxiliary bishop of Sokal–Zhovkva since 12 April 2018.

Petro Loza, C.Ss.R.
Titular Bishop of Panium, Auxiliary Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal–Zhovkva
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	12 April 2018
Orders
Ordination	26 August 2007 (Priest) by Ihor Vozniak
Consecration	12 July 2018 (Bishop) by Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Personal details
Birth name	Petro Loza
Born	(1979-06-03) 3 June 1979 Kolodentsi, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Alma mater	University of Innsbruck
Coat of arms

Life

Bishop Loza, after graduation of the school education, joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in 1997; he had a profession in 1998 and a solemn profession in 2003, and was ordained as priest on August 26, 2007, after graduation of the Major Redemptorists Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine (1998–2001) and the University of Innsbruck, Austria (2001–2009). During 2011–2014 he served as a provincial assistant for the Ukrainian Redemptorists Province and from 2014 until 2018 was a superior in the Sts. Peter and Paul church in Chernihiv.[1]

On April 12, 2018, he was confirmed by the Pope Francis as the first Auxiliary Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sokal–Zhovkva, Ukraine and Titular Bishop of Panium. On July 12, 2018, he was consecrated as bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and other hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral in Sokal.[2]

References

1. "Для Сокальсько-Жовківської єпархії УГКЦ призначено Єпископа-помічника". Vatican Radio Website (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
2. "Bishop Petro Loza, C.Ss.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

See also

• List of youngest living Catholic bishops

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Atanáz Orosz	Titular Bishop of Panium 2018–	Succeeded by Incumbent