# Andrew Roborecki > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andrew_Roborecki > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Andrew_Roborecki.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Roborecki > Source revision: 1322464618 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox Christian leader | name = Andrew Roborecki | image = | birth_name = Andriy Yakovych Roboretskyi | birth_date = {{birth date|1910|12|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [Velyki Mosty](/source/Velyki_Mosty), [Austro-Hungarian Empire](/source/Austro-Hungarian_Empire) (present day [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine)) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1982|10|24|1910|12|12}} | death_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada | church = [Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church](/source/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church) | title = Eparchial Bishop of [Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon](/source/Ukrainian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Saskatoon) | appointed = 10 March 1951 (as Apostolic Exarch)
3 November 1956 (as Eparchial Bishop) | ended = 24 October 1982 | ordination = 18 July 1934 ([Priest](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church))) | ordained_by = [Basil Ladyka](/source/Basil_Ladyka) | consecration = 27 May 1948 ([Bishop](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church))) | consecrated_by = [Basil Ladyka](/source/Basil_Ladyka) | predecessor = New Creation | successor = [Basil Filevich](/source/Basil_Filevich) | other_post = Titular Bishop of [Tanais](/source/Tanais) (1948–1956),
Auxiliary Bishop of [Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada](/source/Apostolic_Exarchate_of_Central_Canada) (1948–1951) }} Bishop '''Andrew J. Roborecki''' ({{langx|uk|Андрій Роборецький}}; 12 December 1910 in [Velyki Mosty](/source/Velyki_Mosty), [Austro-Hungarian Empire](/source/Austro-Hungarian_Empire) (present day in [Chervonohrad Raion](/source/Chervonohrad_Raion), [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine)) – 24 October 1982 in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian [Ukrainian Greek Catholic](/source/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church) hierarch. He served as the Titular Bishop of [Tanais](/source/Tanais) and Auxiliary Bishop of [Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada](/source/Ukrainian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Winnipeg) from 14 February 1948 until 10 March 1951 and as the first Eparchial Bishop of [Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon](/source/Ukrainian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Saskatoon) from 10 March 1951 until his death on 24 October 1982 (until 3 November 1956 with title of Apostolic Exarch of Saskatoon). ==Life== Bishop Roborecki was born in the family of Yakiv and Anastasiya Roboretskyi in [Halychyna](/source/Halychyna), but in 1913 with family moved to Canada, where he grew up. After the school education, he studied philosophy and theology and was ordained as a [priest](/source/priest) on July 18, 1934. After that he had a various pastoral assignments and served as parish priest in the parishes of [Apostolic Exarchate of Canada](/source/Ukrainian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Winnipeg).{{Cite book|title=Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996)|last=Блажейовський|first=Дмитро|year=1996|publisher=Каменяр|location=Львів|pages=352|language=Ukrainian|isbn=}} On February 14, 1948, Fr. Roborecki was nominated by Pope [Pius XII](/source/Pius_XII) and on May 27, 1948 [consecrated](/source/Consecration) to the [Episcopate](/source/Episcopal_polity) as the Titular Bishop of [Tanais](/source/Tanais) and Auxiliary Bishop of [Apostolic Exarchate of Central Canada](/source/Ukrainian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Winnipeg). The principal [consecrator](/source/consecrator) was Archbishop [Basil Ladyka](/source/Basil_Ladyka).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|brobo|Bishop Andrew J. Roborecki †|15 September 2017}} Bishop Roborecki died on October 24, 1982, in the age 71, while participated in a one conference in [Toronto](/source/Toronto). ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{s-bef|before=[Joseph Tsui Shou-hsün](/source/Joseph_Tsui_Shou-hs%C3%BCn)}} {{s-ttl|title=Titular Bishop of [Tanais](/source/Tanais) |years=1948–1956}} {{s-aft|after=[Raúl Francisco Primatesta](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Francisco_Primatesta)}} {{s-break}} {{s-new|before=}} {{s-ttl|title=[Eparchial Bishop of Saskatoon](/source/Ukrainian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Saskatoon)
''(until 1956 as Apostolic Exarch)'' |years=1951–1982}} {{s-aft|after=[Basil Filevich](/source/Basil_Filevich)}} {{s-end}} {{Hierarchy of the UGCC|state=collapsed}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roborecki, Andrew}} Category:1910 births Category:1982 deaths Category:Clergy from Lviv Oblast Category:People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Category:Ukrainians in Austria-Hungary Category:Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Canada Category:Ukrainian emigrants to Canada Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada Category:20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops Category:Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Category:Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Canada Category:Canadian members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Andrew Roborecki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Roborecki) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Roborecki?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.