Volodymyr Firman | |
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Titular Bishop of
Limisa, Auxiliary Bishop of Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv | |
Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Appointed | 12 July 2023 |
Other post(s) | Rector of the Maria Spiritual Centre in Zarvanytsia (since 2016) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 8 October 2000 by Mykhailo Sabryha |
Consecration | 27 August 2023 by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Personal details | |
Born | Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Firman 8 May 1976 |
Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Coat of arms |
Bishop Volodymyr Firman ( Ukrainian: Володимир Фірман; born 8 May 1976) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv since 12 July 2023.
Firman was born into a family of clandestine Greek-Catholics with a three children in the village Zarvanytsia of Ternopil Oblast, where he participated in the life of the underground Maria Spiritual Centre. [1] After graduation from the school education, he joined the Major Theological Seminary in Ternopil, where completed his philosophical and theological studies. [2] [1] He was ordained as a deacon on 9 May 1999 and as a priest on 8 October 2000. Both ordinations were made by Bishop Mykhailo Sabryha for then the Eparchy of Ternopil. [3]
Subsequently, he studied religious sciences at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland (2004–2006), agronomy at the Podilskiy Agricultural Technical University in Kamianets-Podilskyi (2011–2013) and administrative development at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv (2016). [2]
Firman has held, among others, the following offices: Administrator (since 2000) and then Rector (since 2016) of the Maria Spiritual Centre in his native Zarvanytsia, Vice-Rector of the Major Theological Seminary in Ternopil (since 2004) and Bursar of the Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv (since 2004). He periodically served as a volunteer military chaplain (since 2014). [1]
On 12 July 2023 he was confirmed by Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv and appointed as a Titular Bishop of Limisa. [4] He was consecrated as a bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and co-consecrators: archbishop Vasyl Semeniuk and bishop Bohdan Danylo in the Maria Spiritual Centre in Zarvanytsia on 27 August 2023. [3]
Volodymyr Firman | |
---|---|
Titular Bishop of
Limisa, Auxiliary Bishop of Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv | |
Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Appointed | 12 July 2023 |
Other post(s) | Rector of the Maria Spiritual Centre in Zarvanytsia (since 2016) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 8 October 2000 by Mykhailo Sabryha |
Consecration | 27 August 2023 by Sviatoslav Shevchuk |
Personal details | |
Born | Volodymyr Zinoviyovych Firman 8 May 1976 |
Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
Coat of arms |
Bishop Volodymyr Firman ( Ukrainian: Володимир Фірман; born 8 May 1976) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as Titular Bishop of Limisa and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv since 12 July 2023.
Firman was born into a family of clandestine Greek-Catholics with a three children in the village Zarvanytsia of Ternopil Oblast, where he participated in the life of the underground Maria Spiritual Centre. [1] After graduation from the school education, he joined the Major Theological Seminary in Ternopil, where completed his philosophical and theological studies. [2] [1] He was ordained as a deacon on 9 May 1999 and as a priest on 8 October 2000. Both ordinations were made by Bishop Mykhailo Sabryha for then the Eparchy of Ternopil. [3]
Subsequently, he studied religious sciences at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland (2004–2006), agronomy at the Podilskiy Agricultural Technical University in Kamianets-Podilskyi (2011–2013) and administrative development at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv (2016). [2]
Firman has held, among others, the following offices: Administrator (since 2000) and then Rector (since 2016) of the Maria Spiritual Centre in his native Zarvanytsia, Vice-Rector of the Major Theological Seminary in Ternopil (since 2004) and Bursar of the Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv (since 2004). He periodically served as a volunteer military chaplain (since 2014). [1]
On 12 July 2023 he was confirmed by Pope Francis as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ternopil–Zboriv and appointed as a Titular Bishop of Limisa. [4] He was consecrated as a bishop by Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and co-consecrators: archbishop Vasyl Semeniuk and bishop Bohdan Danylo in the Maria Spiritual Centre in Zarvanytsia on 27 August 2023. [3]