BOHDAN DANYLO

His Grace, The Most Reverend

Bohdan John Danylo
His Grace, The Most Reverend; Bohdan John Danylo
Eparch of Saint Josaphat in Parma
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Metropolis	Philadelphia
Diocese	Parma
Appointed	August 7, 2014
Installed	November 4, 2014
Predecessor	Robert Mikhail Moskal
Orders
Ordination	October 1, 1996; by Basil H. Losten
Consecration	November 4, 2014; by Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Paul Chomnycky and John Bura
Personal details
Born	May 27, 1971 (age 52); Giżycko, Poland

Bohdan John Danylo (born May 22, 1971) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He has served as the Eparch of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma since 2014. In March 2015, he was the youngest U.S. Catholic bishop in active ministry, at age 43.

Biography

Bohdan John Danylo was born in Giżycko, Poland. He began his studies for the priesthood in Poland where he studied philosophy in Lublin.^[1] After moving to the United States he completed his theological studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Danylo was ordained a priest for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford on October 1, 1996, by Bishop Basil H. Losten. He spent a year at St. Michael's Parish in Hartford, Connecticut before he was named the Vice-Rector of the Seminary of St. Basil's Cathedral in Stamford, Connecticut. He furthered his education at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York and at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome where he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology.

Pope Francis named Danylo as the second bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma on August 7, 2014.^[2] He was consecrated a bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Galicia on November 4, 2014. The principal co-consecrators were auxiliary bishop John Bura of Philadelphia and Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky, O.S.B.M. of Stamford.^[3]

^ "Father Bohdan Danylo appointed Bishop of Parma of the Ukrainians". Byzantine Catholic Church in America. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
^ "Ukrainian Diocese of Saint Josaphat in Parma". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
^ "Bishop Bohdan John Danylo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-12-09.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Robert Mikhail Moskal	Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma 2014-Present	Succeeded by incumbent