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Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy

Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy
Titular Bishop of Tulana,
Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed18 September 2019
SuccessorIncumbent
Other post(s)Rector of the Major Seminary in Horodok (2014–2018)
Orders
Ordination26 June 2004 (Priest)
by Leon Dubrawski
Consecration9 November 2019 (Bishop)
by Claudio Gugerotti
Personal details
Born
Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy

(1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 45)
MottoPrimus servus Dei
Coat of armsOleksandr Yazlovetskiy's coat of arms

Bishop Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy or Yazlovetskyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Язловецький; pol. Aleksander Jazłowiecki born 2 March 1979) is a Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as an Auxiliary bishop of the Kyiv–Zhytomyr and the Titular Bishop of Tulana since 18 September 2019.

He is also the president of the charity and humanitarian organisation Caritas-Spes.[1]

Life

Bishop Yazlovetskiy was born in the Roman Catholic family with a Ukrainian father and a Polish mother[2] in the Sharhorod Raion[a] of the Vinnytsia Oblast. After graduation of the school education in his native village and professional-technical college, he joined the Major Theological Seminary in Horodok in 1996;[3] and was ordained as priest on 26 June 2004,[4] for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, after completed his philosophical and theological study. After the two years of pastoral and formative works, he continued studies at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, Italy, with Doctor of Canon Law degree in 2012.[3]

Fr. Yazlovetskiy returned to Ukraine in 2013 and began to work in the educational camp and during 2014–2018 served as a Rector of the Major Theological Roman Catholic Seminary in Horodok. From 2018 he has been a Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr.[3]

On 18 September 2019 he was appointed by the Pope Francis as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Kyiv–Zhytomyr. On 9 November 2019 he was consecrated as bishop in the Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander in Kyiv.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ For these reasons sometimes Sharhorod is wrongly indicated as his birth place.

References

  1. ^ Svitlana Dukhovych (2 January 2024). "Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv: God has already planned day of peace in Ukraine". Vatican News. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Bp Jazłowiecki o nowej jakości w relacjach polsko-ukraińskich". Vatican News (in Polish). 11 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Наша дієцезія отримала єпископа-помічника". Official Website of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Father Oleksandr Yazlovetskiy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Tulana
2019–
Succeeded by
Educational offices
Preceded by Rector of Major Theological Seminary in Horodok
2014—2018
Succeeded by