Neil Savaryn

Bishop Neil Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian: Ніл Микола Саварин; 19 May 1905 in Staryi Sambir, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) – 8 January 1986 in Edmonton, Canada) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as the Titular Bishop of Ios and Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Exarchate of Canada from 3 April 1943 until 19 January 1948 and as the first Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton from 19 January 1948 until his death on 8 January 1986 (until 10 March 1951 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Western Canada and until 3 November 1956 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Edmonton).

Neil Savaryn, O.S.B.M.
Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	19 January 1948 (as Apostolic Exarch) 3 November 1956 (as Eparchial Bishop)
Term ended	8 January 1986
Predecessor	New Creation
Successor	Demetrius Greschuk
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Ios (1943–1956), Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (1943–1948)
Orders
Ordination	23 August 1931 (Priest) by Bl. Josaphat Kotsylovsky
Consecration	1 July 1943 (Bishop) by Basil Ladyka, James Charles McGuigan, Ambrose Senyshyn
Personal details
Birth name	Mykola Vasylyovych Savaryn
Born	19 May 1905 Staryi Sambir, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
Died	January 8, 1986 (aged 80) Edmonton, Canada

Life

Bishop Savaryn was born in the family of Vasyl and Anna (née Syherych) Savaryn in Halychyna. After the school and gymnasium education, he subsequently joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great on August 28, 1922, where he made a profession on July 3, 1924 and a solemn profession on September 14, 1930. Savaryn was ordained as a priest on August 23, 1931,[1] after completed philosophical and theological studies in the Basilian Theological Seminary.[2]

In 1932 he arrived to Canada as Hegumen of the monastery in Mundare and professor at the Basilian Institutes in Canada.[2]

On April 3, 1943, Fr. Savaryn was nominated by Pope Pius XII and on July 1, 1943 consecrated to the Episcopate as the Titular Bishop of Ios and Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Exarchate of Canada. The principal consecrator was Archbishop Basil Ladyka.[1]

Bishop Savaryn founded Eparchial museum and library[2] and died on January 8, 1986 in the age 80.

References

1. "Bishop Nilus Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
2. Блажейовський, Дмитро (1996). Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996) (in Ukrainian). Львів: Каменяр. p. 350.