Card. Lubomyr Husar, High Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyè, with the agreement of the Synod of the Greek Catholic Church of Ukraine, in compliance with the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, appointed the Episcopal Exarchate of Lutsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine). The news was given today by the Vatican newsroom, specifying that the Pope gave "his consent" to the Synod’s appointment of Reverend Josaphat Oleg Hovera, currently the Rector of the High Seminary of Ternopil-Zboriv, as the first Exarch of such Ecclesiastic District, giving him the titular see of Cesariana. The Episcopal Exarchate of Lutsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) is located in north-west Ukraine. In this area, that covers the regions of Volinia and Rivne, the Greek Catholic devotees, grouped into 14 parishes, are approximately 4,000. In Lutsk, where the Exarchate is based, there is a monastery of Basilian Priests. Reverend Josaphat Oleg Hovera was born on 12th September 1963 at Ivano-Frankivsk, in Ukraine. He studied at the Technical Medical School of Lviv (1984-1986), while covertly attending the seminary until 1990. He is currently the Rector of such Seminary. He speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Italian.
