Andrés Sapelak

Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B.
Bishop of Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
See Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
In office 1968 - 1997
Predecessor new creation
Successor Miguel Mykycej
Other posts Auxiliary Bishop for Ordinariate for Eastern Rites (1961–1968)
Orders
Ordination June 29, 1949
by Ivan Buchko
Consecration October 15, 1961
by Ivan Buchko
Personal details
Born (1919-12-13)13 December 1919
Ryszkowa Wola, Second Polish Republic
Died 6 November 2017(2017-11-06) (aged 97)
Vynnyky, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Andrés Sapelak, S.D.B. (Ukrainian: Андрій Сапеляк; December 13, 1919 – November 6, 2017) was an Argentinian hierarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. At the time of his death he was the oldest bishop in this Eastern Catholic Church.

Coat of arms of Bishop Andrés Sapelak

Biography

Sapelak was born in Ryszkowa Wola, Second Polish Republic in a Ukrainian family and ordained a priest on June 29, 1949 from the religious order Salesians of Saint John Bosco. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of Faithful of the Oriental Rites (Argentina) as well as Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis on August 14, 1961 and consecrated on October 15, 1961. On February 9, 1968 Sapelak was appointed bishop of Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires where he remained until his retirement on December 12, 1997.

Sapelak then returned to Ukraine and worked as parish priest in Verkhnodniprovsk city in the Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk – Kharkiv from 1999 until 2014. In November 2013, he received Ukrainian citizenship.[1] On November 6, 2017, he died in the Salesian house in Vynnyky near Lviv, where resided from 2014.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Найстарший єпископ УГКЦ прийняв українське громадянство (in Ukrainian). Official UGCC Site. 2013-11-09.
  2. ↑ Помер владика Андрій Сапеляк (in Ukrainian). Official UGCC Site. 2017-11-07.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Sante Mei		 Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Thracia
1961–1978		 Succeeded by
Vacant
New title Eparchial Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (until 1978 as Apostolic Exarch of Argentina)
1968–1997		 Succeeded by
Miguel Mykycej
(as Apostolic Administrator)


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