Valdomiro Koubetch
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12 May 2014 (as Metropolitan)
Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M. | |
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| Archbishop-Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 13 December 2006 (as Eparchial Bishop) 12 May 2014 (as Metropolitan) |
| Predecessor | Efraím Basílio Krevey |
| Other post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (2004–2006) |
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| Ordination | 6 Dec 1981 (Priest) by Efraím Basílio Krevey |
| Consecration | 21 Mar 2004 (Bishop) by Lubomyr Husar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valdomiro Koubetch 27 March 1953 |
Valdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M. (born 27 March 1953, Mandaguaçu, Paraná, Brazil) is the Archbishop-Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba.
In May 2014, the Eparchy became an Archeparchy (Ukrainian-rite metropolitan archdiocese) with its own ecclesiastical province, with one newly erected Eparchy as its Suffragan See, and so Koubetch became its first Archeparch (Archbishop).
Bishop Vladimir Koubetch born on 27 March 1953 in Mandaguaçu village, Paraná state, Brazil. During 1966-1970 he studied at the minor Basilian fathers seminary in Prudentópolis. On 28 January 1971 Koubetch entered the novitiate of the Basilian Fathers in Ivaí. On 11 February 1973 he made his first temporary vows. From 1976 to 1978 Koubetch studied philosophy at the Basilian training center in Curitiba (Batel). On 16 August 1978 Koubetch made perpetual vows in the Basilian Order. From 1978 to 1981 he studied theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Anselm in Rome. On 12 April 1981 in Rome, he was ordained a deacon (by Archbishop Miroslav Marusin, and on 6 December 1981 Koubetch received ordination by bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey.
