Pope Appoints New Administrator For Greek Catholic Eparchy In Mukachevo

12.11.2002, 14:57

Pope John Paul II has appointed Fr. Milan Sasik as apostolic administrator of the Mukachevo Greek Catholic eparchy. The eparchy is located in the Transcarpathia region, western Ukraine. This news was reported by the apostolic nunciature in Ukraine on 12 November 2002.

According to canon 210, paragraph 1, of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, the pope accepted the retirement of Bishop Ivan Semedii and auxiliary Bishop Ivan Marhitych from the ministerial government of the Mukachevo Eparchy of the Byzantine rite. The Mukachevo eparchy is not part of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), but is in full communion with Rome. Fr. Milan Sasik was born on 17 November 1952 in Lechina, Slovakia. In 1971, he joined the Missionary Congregation of Lazarus Fathers. Two years later, he made his perpetual monastic vows and in 1976 he was ordained a priest. Fr. Sasik received permission from the Pope to serve both in the Greek Catholic and the Latin rites. From 1990 to 1992, he studied at the Papal Institute “Teresianum” in Rome, where he received a master’s degree. From 1992 to 1998, Fr. Sasik worked in the apostolic nunciature in Kyiv. From August 2000, Fr. Sasik was a pastor in Perechyn, the Transcarpathian region. He speaks Slovak, Ukrainian, Italian, Czech, Russian and Polish. Source: press service of the head of the UGCC
http://www.ugcc.org.ua/ukr/news/article;326/