Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk


Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk, O.F.M. is a Ukrainian prelate of the Catholic Church who became Bishop of Odessa-Simferopol since February 2020 after a year as Coadjutor Bishop there. He was Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia from 2014 to 2019 and Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr from 1994 to 2014.

Life

Shyrokoradiuk was born into a Roman-Catholic family in Kornachivka, Yarmolyntsi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, on 23 June 1956. He graduated from a railway college in Zdolbuniv, performed his compulsory service in the Soviet Army from 1974 to 1976, and worked in factories. In 1980 he entered the Major Theological Seminary in Riga, Latvia, and one year later, he clandestinely joined the Franciscans. After completing his studies in theology and philosophy, he was ordained a priest on 4 June 1984.
He returned to Ukraine in 1984 and worked as a parish priest in Slavuta and Polonne from 1984 to 1994. He made his solemn profession as a Franciscan on 26 August 1988, again in secret.
On 26 November 1994, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Zhytomyr and Titular Bishop of Surista. On 6 January 1995, he was consecrated a bishop by Pope John Paul.
From 1996 to 2016 he was national director of Caritas-Spes Ukraine.
He was also Apostolic Administrator of the Lutsk from 24 July 2012 until 12 April 2014.
He was named Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia on 12 April 2014. He was also Apostolic Administrator of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia from 2 February 2019 to 6 January 2020.
On 2 February 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop Coadjutor of Odessa-Simferopol and on 18 February 2020 he became bishop there.