Hryhoriy Komar

Bishop Hryhoriy Komar (Ukrainian: Григорій Комар, Anglicised as Gregory Komar;[1] born 19 June 1976 in Letnya, Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as the Titular Bishop of Acci and Auxiliary bishop of Sambir – Drohobych since 25 June 2014.

Hryhoriy Komar
Titular Bishop of Acci,
Auxiliary Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed25 June 2014
Other post(s)Protosyncellus of the Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych (2012–present)
Orders
Ordination22 Apr 2001 (Priest)
by Yulian Voronovskyi
Consecration22 Aug 2014 (Bishop)
by Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Personal details
Born
Hryhoriy Mykhaylovych Komar

(1976-06-19) 19 June 1976
Letnya, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR

Life

After graduation, Komar joined the Theological Seminary in Lviv and then continued his studies in the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, Italy.

After returning to Ukraine, he was ordained as deacon on 12 February 2001 and as priest on 22 April 2001. He served as teacher, prefect and subsequently (from July 2003 until June 2014) vice-rector in the Theological Seminary in Drohobych. At the same time, during 2004–2014 he served as a parish priest in the different parishes in Drohobych.[2]

On 25 June 2014 he was confirmed by Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir – Drohobych, Ukraine and Titular Bishop of Acci. On 22 August 2014 he was consecrated as bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and other hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.[3]

References
  1. Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Archdiocese of Liverpool delivers aid for people of Ukraine, published 30 March 2022, accessed 28 September 2022
  2. "Кир Григорій (Комар)". Official Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych Site (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. "Bishop Hryhoriy Komar". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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