Holy Father Pope Francis appointed Fr. Andriy Rabiy, as an auxiliary Bishop for the Ukrainian Catholic Arch eparchy of Philadelphia. Fr. Andriy will join fellow auxiliary Bishop John Bura in serving the Arch eparchy’s Metropolitan Archbishop, Stefan Soroka. The date of his Episcopal ordination has not yet been set but is expected to be announced soon.
Fr. Andriy’s duties in the arch eparchy have included his role as protosyncellus, being a member of the Arch eparchial Council of Consultors, the Administrative Council of Pennsylvania’s conference of Catholic Bishops and the Presbyterous Archepichal District Council, as well as Director of their Center for Prevention and Infant and Youth Protection.
Fr. Andriy was ordained a deacon in 1988 and was ordained a priest three years later December 19, 2001. Each Bishop of the Philadelphia province holds jurisdiction over all faithful living in the territory of their Eparchies, meaning Bishops in the Latin rite hold no authority over them.
Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com
