Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk
| Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. | |
|---|---|
| Diocesan Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 12 April 2014 |
| Predecessor | Marian Buczek |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 4 June 1984 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 6 January 1995 (Bishop) by Pope St. John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk |
| Born |
23 June 1956 Kornachivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
Bishop Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. (Ukrainian: Станіслав Широкорадюк; born 23 June 1956 in Kornachivka, Yarmolyntsi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate as the Diocesan Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia since 12 April 2014. Previously he served as the Titular Bishop of Surista and Auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr since 26 November 1994 until 12 April 2014 and as an Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk from 24 July 2012 until 12 April 2014.
Bishop Shyrokoradiuk was born in the Roman-Catholic family in Khmelnytskyi Oblast. After graduation of the school education, he graduated a railway college in Zdolbuniv, made a compulsory service in the Soviet Army (1974–1976) and worked at the plants. In 1980 he subsequently joined the Major Theological Seminary in Riga, Latvia and one year later, he clandestinely joined a Franciscan Order. He was ordained as priest on June 4, 1984, after completed his philosophical and theological study.
After his returning to Ukraine in 1984, Fr. Shyrokoradiuk served as a parish priest in Slavuta and Polonne (1984–1994). In the same time he made clandestinely a solemn profession as Franciscan on August 26, 1988.
On November 26, 1994, he was appointed by the Pope John Paul II as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zhytomyr and Titular Bishop of Surista. On January 6, 1995, he was consecrated as bishop by the same Pope St. John Paul II and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.
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