consecration coat_of_arms birth_date imagesize title term_start image name ordination consecrated_by predecessor birth_place type ordained_by previous_post appointed religion article_title birth_name
27 february 2002 coat of arms of hlib lonchyna.svg 23 february 1954 180px bishop of the eparchy of holy family of london 2 august 2011 hlib lonchyna.jpg hlib lonchyna 3 july 1977 lubomyr husar paul patrick chomnycky steubenville , usa bishop yosyf slipyi titular -rrb- '' auxiliary bishop of kyiv-halyč '' -lrb- 2004 -- bishop 2009 -rrb- '' auxiliary bishop of lviv '' -lrb- 2002 of -- 2004 -rrb- '' bareta '' -lrb- 2002 -- 2013 14 june 2011 ukrainian greek catholic hlib lonchyna
 borys sviatoslav lonchyna
hlib lonchyna

bishop hlib borys sviatoslav lonchyna -lrb- born 23 february 1954 -rrb- is eparchial bishop of the ukrainian catholic eparchy of holy family of london since 18 january 2013 .
before he served as the apostolic exarch for ukrainian catholics in great britain since june 14 june 2011 .
lonchyna , was born to ukrainian parents in steubenville , ohio within the eparchy of saint josaphat in parma for ukrainians .
he attended the pontifical urbanian university in rome where in 1979 he obtained a degree in biblical theology and the pontifical oriental institute , graduating in eastern liturgical theology in 2001 .
in 1975 he entered the monastery of grottaferrata of ukrainian studites , where he made his final vows 19 december 1976 .
he was ordained a priest 3 july 1977 .
he worked in the parish of st. nicholas in passaic , nj -lrb- usa -rrb- and then was prefect of the students of the college of st. sophia in rome .
after his arrival in ukraine in 1994 , he was the spiritual director of the major seminary in lviv .
at the same time he taught at the lviv theological academy .
he served as associate in the local apostolic nunciature in kyiv .
on 11 january 2002 and was appointed titular bishop of `` bareta '' and auxiliary bishop of lviv of the ukrainians .
cardinal lubomyr husar consecrated him on 27 february .
on 14 january 2003 he was appointed apostolic visitor for the greek -- ukrainian catholics in italy and in the major archbishop 's procurator in rome .
on 4 march 2004 he became also apostolic visitor in spain and ireland .
on 25 march 2006 he returned to ukraine , in charge of consecrated life , maintaining the commitment of apostolic visitor in italy , spain and ireland .
on 7 january 2009 he was replaced as apostolic visitor in italy and spain .
on 2 june 2009 he was appointed apostolic administrator `` sede vacante '' of the apostolic exarchate for ukrainian catholics in britain and ireland .
he took part in the election of the new major archbishop in 2011 after cardinal husar 's retirement .
he was formally named apostolic exarch by pope benedict xvi on 14 june 2011 , and installed on august 2 , 2011 .
with the elevation of the apostolic exarchate of great britain to the dignity of an eparchy , he became her first bishop .
