Volodymyr Firman
Volodymyr Firman | |
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| Titular Bishop of Limisa, Auxiliary Bishop of Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 12 July 2023 |
| Other post(s) | Rector of the Maria Spiritual Centre in Zarvanytsia (since 2016) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 October 2000 by Mykhailo Sabryha |
| Consecration | 27 August 2023 by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Firman 8 May 1976 |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
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Bishop Volodymyr Firman (Ukrainian: Володимир Фірман; born 8 May 1976) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv since 12 July 2023.
Early life and formation
[edit]Firman was born into a family of clandestine Greek-Catholics with a three children in the village Zarvanytsia of Ternopil Oblast, where he participated in the life of the underground Maria Spiritual Centre.[1] After graduation from the school education, he joined the Major Theological Seminary in Ternopil, where completed his philosophical and theological studies.[2][1] He was ordained as a deacon on 9 May 1999 and as a priest on 8 October 2000. Both ordinations were made by Bishop Mykhailo Sabryha for then the Eparchy of Ternopil.[3]
Pastoral career
[edit]Subsequently, he studied religious sciences at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland (2004–2006), agronomy at the Podilskiy Agricultural Technical University in Kamianets-Podilskyi (2011–2013) and administrative development at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv (2016).[2]
Firman has held, among others, the following offices: Administrator (since 2000) and then Rector (since 2016) of the Maria Spiritual Centre in his native Zarvanytsia, Vice-Rector of the Major Theological Seminary in Ternopil (since 2004) and Bursar of the Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv (since 2004). He periodically served as a volunteer military chaplain (since 2014).[1]
Bishop
[edit]On 12 July 2023 he was confirmed by Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv and appointed as a Titular Bishop of Limisa.[4] He was consecrated as a bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and co-consecrators: archbishop Vasyl Semeniuk and bishop Bohdan Danylo in the Maria Spiritual Centre in Zarvanytsia on 27 August 2023.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "З любовʼю і вдячністю відповідаю на запрошення Господа: владика-номінант Володимир Фірман про покликання, служіння та благодійність". Official the UGCC Website (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Для Тернопільсько-Зборівської архиєпархії УГКЦ обрано єпископа-помічника". Official the UGCC Website (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Bishop Volodymyr Firman". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Dalle Chiese Orientali". press.vatican.va (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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