Bishop Richard Stephen Seminack †

Deceased

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Mar 1942		Born
25 May 1967	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
25 Mar 2003	61.0	Appointed	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
4 Jun 2003	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
16 Aug 2016	74.4	Died	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
Richard Stephen Seminack
Bishop Richard Stephen Seminack
(born 3 Mar 1942, died 16 Aug 2016)
Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago

Ad Limina - May 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Philadelphia, PA, Apostolic Exarchate of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA, Archeparchy of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop St. Nicholas, Cathedral, Chicago, Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois

a priest for 49.2 years
a bishop for 13.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Ambrozij Andrew Senyshyn, O.S.B.M. †
Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, M.S.U. †
Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Stefan Soroka
Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
Bishop Robert Mikhail Moskal †
Bishop of Saint Josaphat in Parma (Ukrainian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, M.S.U. † (1977)
Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Josyf Cardinal Slipyj † (1939)
Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † (1899)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Julian Kuiłovskyi † (1890)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1879)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1865)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) † (1857)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Bishop Ioan Lemeni † (1833)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Samuel Vulcan † (1807)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) † (1784)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. † (1773)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Vasilije Božičković (Bosicskovich), O.S.B.M. † (1759)
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
Bishop Mihály Emánuel Olsavszky, O.S.B.M. † (1743)
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M. † (1730)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop György (Hennadiy) Bizánczy (Bizantsiy) † (1716)
Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
Archbishop Lev (Luka) Kiszka (Kyška), O.S.B.M. † (1711)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (1700)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Lew Ślubičz Załęnski, O.S.B.M. † (1678)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Kyprian Żochowski (Zhokhovskyj), O.S.B.M. † (1671)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. † (1652)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. † (1624)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. † (1613)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) † (1593)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Mychajlo Rohoza † (1589)
Archbishop
[Greek Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias II Tranos] †
Patriarch

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1478210

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,405
c1: CB, 6 Nov 2013
d: CB, 17 Aug 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 232, Deceased Cardinals (back)
op.loc: CB, 25 Oct 2022

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