Wasyl Medwit
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Appointed17 March 2009
Term ended25 October 2013
Other postsArchiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (1997–2004)
Titular Bishop of Hadriane (since 1994)
Titular Bishop of Hadriane (since 1994)
Wasyl Medwit, O.S.B.M. | |
|---|---|
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk-Kharkiv | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 17 March 2009 |
| Term ended | 25 October 2013 |
| Other posts | Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (1997–2004) Titular Bishop of Hadriane (since 1994) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 31 May 1984 (Priest) by Pope John Paul II |
| Consecration | 12 July 1994 (Bishop) by Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ihor Medwit 23 July 1949 |
| Died | 12 September 2024 (aged 75) Warsaw, Poland |
Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian: Василь Ігор Медвіт; 23 July 1949 – 12 September 2024) was a Polish-born Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, Titular Bishop of Hadriane since 30 March 1994. Before it, from 30 March 1994 until 30 September 1996 he served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, from 30 September 1996 until 8 November 2002 as Apostolic Visitor in Kazakhstan and the Middle Asia, from 20 September 1997 until 6 December 2004 as an Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod, from 6 December 2004 until 17 March 2009 as a Curial Bishop of the Kyiv-Halych and from 17 March 2009 until 25 October 2013 as an Auxiliary Bishop of Donetsk-Kharkiv.[1]
