1. Borys Gudziak founded the Institute of Church History and served as the rector and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University.
12 Facts About Borys Gudziak
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Borys Gudziak entered the College of Saint Sophia in Rome where, as a student of the Lviv Archeparchy under Cardinal Josyf Slipyj, he attended the Pontifical Urban University.
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In that year, Borys Gudziak became rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, and since 2013 has served as its president.
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Borys Gudziak was ordained on 26 November 1998 in the Cathedral of St George in Lviv by Bishop Sofron and incardinated in the Major Archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians.
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Borys Gudziak is the author of over 50 studies on the history of the Church, theological training and on different topics of cultural relevance.
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Borys Gudziak was ordained a bishop on 26 August 2012 and installed in a Divine Liturgy on 2 December 2012.
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Borys Gudziak, though already an ordained bishop, is an ordinary bishop, instead of an exarch.
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Borys Gudziak ceased to be a titular bishop since he is an ordinary bishop.
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At the time Borys Gudziak was the 49th member of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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In May 2018, Borys Gudziak received an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree during the 164th commencement of Syracuse University.
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On June 4,2019, Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak was enthroned as the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA.
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In 2021, Archbishop Borys Gudziak was the commencement speaker during Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary's 2021 Concursus.