Mykola Simkaylo
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|name =Mykola Simkaylo
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|birth_name = Mykola Mykhaylovych Simkaylo
|birth_date =21 November 1952
|birth_place =Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
|death_date ={{BirthDeathAge|df=yes||1952|11|21|2013|5|21|yes}}
|death_place =Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
|church = Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
|bishop_of = Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi
|appointed= 2 June 2005
|ordination= 15 May 1974 (Priest)
|ordained_by=Pavlo Vasylyk
|consecration = 12 July 2005 (Bishop)
|consecrated_by=Lubomyr Husar
|predecessor = Volodymyr Viytyshyn
|successor= Vacant
|other_post =
}}
Mykola Simkaylo (21 November 1952, Kazakhstan – 21 May 2013) was eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi in Ukraine since 2 June 2005 until his death.
Views on ecumenism
Bishop Simkaylo was known to be a strong supporter of Christian ecumenism. Speaking to the charity Aid to the Church in Need during a visit, he praised President Yushchenko "personally acting as a catalyst to reconcile the various factions of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine", as well as Major Archbishop Cardinal Lubomyr Husar.[http://www.kirche-in-not.org/acn-news/newsy/february2007.html UKRAINE: "Ut unum sint“ is our goal, Greek Catholic Bishop says] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203125624/http://www.kirche-in-not.org/acn-news/newsy/february2007.html |date=2007-12-03 }}
Citations
External links
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- [http://www.diocese.ko.if.ua/bishop.html Official biography from the eparchy website]
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsimk.html Mykola Simkaylo]
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Category:Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Category:People from Karaganda
Category:Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent
Category:21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops
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