Submitted on November 12, 2024
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has appointed Father Artur Bubnevych as the bishop of the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix. Bishop-designate Bubnevych, 49, is a priest of the eparchy and currently is pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has been pastor there since 2014. The appointment was publicized in Washington Nov. 8 by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States. The Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Holy Protection of Mary ministers to Catholics of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii. (OSV News)
