Julian Gbur
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Julian Gbur was the bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi
, Ukraine
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Born in Poland
, Gbur was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He was named auxiliary bishop in 1994 and in 2000 was appointed bishop of the Stryi Eparchy.
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stryi
The Eparchy of Stryi is an eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in the ecclesiastical province of Kyiv-Halych.The first Eparch was Bishop Julian Gbur, S.V.D., who was appointed to this position by the Blessed Pope John Paul II on 21 July 2000...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
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Born in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Gbur was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He was named auxiliary bishop in 1994 and in 2000 was appointed bishop of the Stryi Eparchy.