Greschuk, Demetrius

Greschuk, Demetrius [Ґрещук, Дмитро; Greščuk, Dmytro], b 7 November 1923 in Innisfree, Alberta, d 8 July 1990 in Edmonton. Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic church. Educated at Saint Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto, Greschuk was ordained in 1950 and served in the Eparchy of Edmonton (Edmonton and Calgary). In 1974 he was appointed bishop of Nazianzus and consecrated auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton. In 1984 he was appointed apostolic administrator of Edmonton and the Northwest Territories, and in 1986, bishop of Edmonton.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1988).]