vatican.va - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Artur Bubneyvch, of the clergy of Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic eparchy of Phoenix, United States of America, until now parish priest of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as bishop of the same eparchy.

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Msgr. Artur Bubneyvch was born on 22 June 1975 in Perechin, Zakarpattia, in Ukraine, and entered the Greek-Catholic seminary of the eparchy of Mukachavo in Uzhgorod. From 1996 to 2001 he studied theology at the International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Gaming, Austria. From 2007 he collaborated with Bishop Milan Šašik, engaged in the formation of young people and teaching the English language.

He transferred to the United States, in the Byzantine eparchy of Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix, and was ordained a deacon on 9 March 2014. He received priestly ordination the following 14 September. He was appointed parish priest of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on 1 December 2014. He is a member of the Eparchial Vocation Board and the board of Intereparchial Youth Adult Commission.