Eduard Kava

Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv.
Titular Bishop of Cilibia,
Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv
Church Roman Catholic Church
Appointed 13 May 2017
Other posts Delegate of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual for Ukraine (2008–2017)
Orders
Ordination 1 June 2003 (Priest)
by Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz
Consecration 21 June 2017 (Bishop)
by Mieczysław Mokrzycki
Personal details
Birth name Eduard Stanislavovych Kava
Born (1978-04-17) 17 April 1978
Mostyska, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR

Bishop Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv. (Ukrainian: Едуард Кава; born 17 April 1978 in Mostyska, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate as the Titular Bishop of Cilibia and Auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Lviv since 13 May 2017.

Coat of arms of Bishop Eduard Kava, O.F.M.Conv.

Life

Bishop Kava was born in the family of Stanislav and Kazymyra (née Dorosh) Kava in the Western Ukraine. After graduation of the school education, joined the Order of Friars Minor Conventual in 1995;[1] he made a profession on September 28, 1997 and a solemn profession on December 15, 2001, and was ordained as priest on June 1, 2003,[2] after graduation of the Major Franciscan Theological Seminary in Kraków, Poland and Major Theological Seminary of Mary – the Queen of Apostles in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.[1]

He returned to Ukraine in 2003 and began to work in the Franciscan parishes and as superior of the different local Franciscan communities. During 2016–2017 he served as a Guardian of the convent of the parish of St. Antony in Lviv.[1]

On May 13, 2017, he was appointed by the Pope Francis as the second Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lviv, Ukraine and Titular Bishop of Cilibia. On June 21, 2017, he was consecrated as bishop by Metropolitan Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Єпископ Едуард Кава". Official Website of the Archdiocese of Lviv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Bishop Eduard Kava, O.F.M. Conv". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez		 Titular Bishop of Cilibia
2017–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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