Eugeniusz Popowicz
Archbishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz is a Polish Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch as an Archbishop-Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw since 7 November 2015. Previously he served as a Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia and Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl–Warsaw from 4 November 2013 until 7 November 2015.
Life
Archbishop Popowicz was born in the family of Greek-Catholics in the northern Poland. After graduation of the school education he joined Higher Theological Seminary in Lublin with degree in theology.
After this he was ordained by Archbishop Myroslav Marusyn as deacon on October 14, 1986 and as priest on October 17, 1986 for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl. Following two years pastoral work, Fr. Popowicz continued his studies in the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome with Doctor of Canon Law degree. Then, after short time of the professor work in the Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, he returned in Poland, where continued to serve in the different parishes. In 1996 he was appointed as Protosyncellus of the Archeparchy.
On November 4, 2013 Fr. Popowicz was appointed and on December 21, 2013 was consecrated to the Episcopate as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemyśl–Warsaw. The principal consecrator was Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
