Miguel Mykycej

Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P.
Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P.
Eparchial Bishop of Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	20 January 1998 (as Apostolic Administrator); 24 April 1999 (as Eparchial Bishop)
Term ended	10 April 2010
Predecessor	Andrés Sapelak
Successor	Sviatoslav Shevchuk
Other post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (1990–1998); Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1990–1999)
Orders
Ordination	21 April 1963 (Priest); by Josyf Slipyj
Consecration	14 October 1990 (Bishop); by Andrés Sapelak
Personal details
Born	Mykhaylo Mykytsey; 17 October 1934; Horokholyna, Second Polish Republic (now Ukraine)
Died	20 May 2017 (aged 82); Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. (Ukrainian: Михайло Микицей; 17 October 1934 – 20 May 2017) was a Poland-born Argentine Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as a Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Auxiliary Bishop of Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires from 23 June 1990 until 20 January 1998; Apostolic Administrator the same Eparchy from 20 January 1998 until 24 April 1999; and as the Eparchial Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires from 24 April 1999 until his retirement on 10 April 2010.[1]

Life

Bishop Mykycej was born in the peasant family of Vasyl and Mariya (née Martynyuk) Mykytsey in Horokholyna, Second Polish Republic /present-day in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. In 1938 his family emigrated to Paraguay and in 1945 was transferred to Argentina. After the attending of the Orionine Fathers minor seminary in Buenos Aires, Mykycey subsequently joined the Sons of Divine Providence, where he had a profession on February 12, 1954, and a solemn profession on February 11, 1961. He was ordained as priest on April 21, 1963,[1] after studies in the Orionists Theological Seminary in Argentina and following studies in Italy in the Pontifical Lateran University with a licentiate in theology.[2]

After returning from Italy, he served as teacher and subsequently director of the Don Orione Institute in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña and in the same time made a pastoral work for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in the Northern Argentina.[2]

On June 23, 1990, Fr. Mykycej was nominated by Pope John Paul II and on October 14, 1990 consecrated to the Episcopate as an auxiliary bishop. The principal consecrator was Andrés Sapelak, the first bishop for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Argentina.[1]

He died on May 20, 2017, in age 82.[3]

References

"Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
"Владика Михаїл Микицей, Єпарх для українців католиків в Аргентині". Official UGCC Web Site (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
"Відійшов у вічність єпископ-емерит Михайло (Микицей)" (in Ukrainian). Information Resources of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

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[CH-1] "Bishop Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[IV-2] "Владика Михаїл Микицей, Єпарх для українців католиків в Аргентині". Official UGCC Web Site (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[3] "Відійшов у вічність єпископ-емерит Михайло (Микицей)" (in Ukrainian). Information Resources of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.