Vitaliy Krivitskiy
| Vitaliy Krivitskiy, S.D.B. | |
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Diocesan Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 30 April 2017 |
| Predecessor |
Vitaliy Skomarovskyi (Ap. Administrator) |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Ordination |
24 May 1997 (Priest) by Albin Małysiak |
| Consecration |
24 June 2017 (Bishop) by Claudio Gugerotti |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Vitaliy Frantsovych Krivitskiy |
| Born |
19 August 1972 Odessa, Ukrainian SSR |
Bishop Vitaliy Krivitskiy or Vitaliy Kryvytskyi, S.D.B. (Ukrainian: Віталій Кривицький; born 19 August 1972 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate as the Diocesan Bishop of Kyiv–Zhytomyr since 30 April 2017.
Life
Bishop Krivitskiy was born in the family of Frants Krivitskiy in the Southern Ukraine. His Christian life was inspired by Fr. Tadeusz Hoppe, S.D.B. After graduation of the school education in his native city, joined the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1989;[1] he made a profession on January 1, 1991 and a solemn profession on July 27, 1996, and was ordained as priest on May 24, 1997,[2] after graduation of the Major Theological Seminary in Grodno, Belarus (1990–1991) and Major Theological Salesian Seminary in Kraków, Poland (1991–1997). In the same time he studied at the Catholic University of Lublin.[1]
Fr. Krivitskiy returned to Ukraine in 1997 and began to work in the Salesian parishes as a superior of the different local communities and youth animator in Odessa, Zhytomyr Oblast and Lviv Oblast.[1]
On April 30, 2017, he was appointed by the Pope Francis as the Diocesan Bishop of the Kyiv–Zhytomyr. On June 24, 2017, he was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander in Kiev.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Призначено нового Ординарія Київсько-Житомирської Дієцезії". Official Website of the Conference of the Roman-Catholic Bishops in Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- 1 2 "Bishop Vitaliy Krivitskiy, S.D.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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| Preceded by Vitaliy Skomarovskyi (as Apostolic Administrator) |
Diocesan Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr 2017– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
