Benedict Aleksiychuk


Venedykt Aleksiychuk

Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
MetropolisPhiladelphia
DioceseChicago
AppointedApril 20, 2017
InstalledJune 29, 2017
PredecessorRichard Seminack
Previous posts
Orders
OrdinationOctober 9, 1991 (deacon)
by Philemon Kurchaba
March 29, 1992 (priest)
by Myroslav Lubachivsky
ConsecrationSeptember 5, 2010
by Ihor Vozniak, Yulian Voronovskyi and Paul Chomnycky
Personal details
BornValeriy Dmytrovych Aleksiychuk
(1968-01-16) January 16, 1968
Borshchivka, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
MottoВозлюбимъ другъ друга ("Let us love one another")
Styles of
Venedykt Aleksiychuk
Reference style
Spoken styleHis Grace
Religious styleBishop

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.