Ilarion Ohienko
Ilarion (Ohienko) | |
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| Metropolitan and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada | |
As Bishop of Chełm and Podlachia | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada Polish Orthodox Church |
| Elected | 1951 |
| Quashed | 1972 |
| Predecessor | Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) |
| Successor | Michael (Khoroshy) |
| Other posts | Bishop of Chełm and Podlasie |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1940 by Dionysius (Waledyński) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Іван Іванович Огієнко Ivan Ivanovych Ohienko 2 January [O.S. 14 January] 1882 Brusilov, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 March 1972 (aged 90) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Spouse | Dominika Lytvynchukova |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | cleric, historian, ethnographer, and scholar, writer, and translator |
| Alma mater | St. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev |
| Signature | |
| Minister of Education of Ukraine | |
| In office 1919 – April 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Petro Kholodnyi |
| Succeeded by | Antin Krushelnytskyi |
Metropolitan Ilarion (secular name Ivan Ivanovych Ohienko; Ukrainian: Іван Іванович Огієнко, romanized: Ohiienko; 2 January [O.S. 14 January] 1882 in Brusilov, Kiev Governorate – 29 March 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a Ukrainian Orthodox bishop, linguist, church historian, and historian of Ukrainian culture. In 1940 he was Archimandrite of the St. Onuphrius Monastery in Jabłeczna; in 1940 he became Bishop of Chełm; in 1944 he became the Metropolitan of Chełm and Lublin (Lubelskie), and in 1951 Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. He was also active in Ukrainian politics, both during the revolution and later in emigration. Throughout his long career, in addition to church work, Ohienko contributed to scholarship and other areas of Ukrainian culture.