Benedict Aleksiychuk
Venedykt Aleksiychuk | |
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| Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Metropolis | Philadelphia |
| Diocese | Chicago |
| Appointed | April 20, 2017 |
| Installed | June 29, 2017 |
| Predecessor | Richard Seminack |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | October 9, 1991 (deacon) by Philemon Kurchaba March 29, 1992 (priest) by Myroslav Lubachivsky |
| Consecration | September 5, 2010 by Ihor Vozniak, Yulian Voronovskyi and Paul Chomnycky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valeriy Dmytrovych Aleksiychuk January 16, 1968 Borshchivka, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Motto | Возлюбимъ другъ друга ("Let us love one another") |
| Styles of Venedykt Aleksiychuk | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | His Grace |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Bishop Benedict MSU (born Valerii Dmytrovych Aleksiychuk, January 16, 1968) is a prelate and monk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who has been the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago since 2017. He was previously the hegumen of the Univ Lavra of the Studite Rule from 1999 to 2010, when he was consecrated bishop and appointed as auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv until 2017.