The current Ecumenical Patriarchate's bishop for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada is an Eastern Orthodox Church in Canada, primarily serving Ukrainian Canadians. Its former name was the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada ...

 is Archbishop Yurij (Kalistchuk)

Archbishop Yurij (Kalistchuk)

Archbishop Yurij is Archbishop of Toronto in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada.-Youth:...

. Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

 Yurij's current title is: Archbishop of Toronto and the Eastern Diocese, and he has served in that capacity since 1995, officially. The Eastern Diocese consists of the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 provinces Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 and Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, and has about 25 churches (including 2 cathedral churches).

Also since the UOCC is under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and the Patriarchate has a bishop of Toronto (Greek Metropolis of Toronto, headed by Metropolitan Sotirios), there is a dilemma to regarding the titles of the bishops. Only one bishop can hold the title of one city, and this problem has yet to be solved.

See also

• Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
  Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
  The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada is an Eastern Orthodox Church in Canada, primarily serving Ukrainian Canadians. Its former name was the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada ...
  
  
• St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto)
  St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (Toronto)
  St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral is a Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Bathurst Street just to the west of Kensington Market. The majority of the first Ukrainian immigrants to Canada were Eastern Catholic believers with only a small fraction...
  
  
• Archbishop Yurij (Kalistchuk)
  Archbishop Yurij (Kalistchuk)
  Archbishop Yurij is Archbishop of Toronto in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada.-Youth:...
  
  

External references

• Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada