Lawrence Huculak

{{Infobox Christian leader

| name = Lawrence Huculak

| honorific-suffix = OSBM

| image =

| birth_name = Daniel Huculak

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|1|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Vernon, British Columbia

| church = Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

| archbishop_of = Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg

| appointed = January 6, 2006

| ordination = August 28, 1977 (priest)

| ordinated_by =

| consecration = April 3, 1997

| consecrated_by = Michael Bzdel

| predecessor = Michael Bzdel

| successor =

| other_post = Apostolic Administrator of Saskatoon 2022- Present Bishop of Edmonton (1997–2006)

| coat_of_arms =

| honorific_prefix = Most Reverend

}}

Lawrence Daniel Huculak {{post-nominals|post-noms=OSBM}} (born January 25, 1951, in Vernon, British Columbia) is the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Canada. In 1969 he entered the Order of St. Basil the Great in Mundare, Alberta.{{Cite web |title=Huculak, Lawrence |url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CH%5CU%5CHuculakLawrence.htm |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=www.encyclopediaofukraine.com}}

He was ordained a priest on August 28, 1977, and was ordained as the Eparchial Bishop of Edmonton on 3 April 1997.

He was appointed Metropolitan of Winnipeg on 9 January 2006 and installed on 11 February 2006.{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhuculak.html |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}} He holds a doctorate in eastern liturgy from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.

As of 2024 he has been a priest for 47 years, and 27 years as a bishop.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-04 |title=Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M. – 25th Anniversary of Episcopal consecration – April 3, 2022 |url=https://www.skeparchy.org/wordpress/metropolitan-lawrence-huculak-o-s-b-m-25th-anniversary-of-episcopal-consecration-april-3-2022/ |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=skeparchy.org |language=en-CA}} In 2019 he became the second longest-serving metropolitan archbishop of Winnipeg, after Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, who served for 36 years.

On April 28, 2022, he was named Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Saskatoon.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M. appointed by Holy Father as Apostolic Administrator of Eparchy of Saskatoon |url=https://www.skeparchy.org/wordpress/metropolitan-lawrence-huculak-o-s-b-m-appointed-by-holy-father-as-apostolic-administrator-of-eparchy-of-saskatoon/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=skeparchy.org |language=en-CA}}

References

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  • [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhuculak.html Catholic Hierarchy Entry]
  • [http://www.cccb.ca/site/content/view/1805/1062/lang,eng/ Biography]