{{short description|Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox Christian leader | name = Basil Filevich | image = | birth_name = Basil Filevich | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|1|13}} | birth_place = Stry, Alberta, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2006|4|20|1918|1|13}} | death_place = Saskatoon, Canada | church = Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | title = Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon | appointed = December 5, 1983 | ended = November 6, 1995 | ordination = April 17, 1942 (Priest) | ordained_by = Basil Ladyka | consecration = February 27, 1984 (Bishop) | consecrated_by = Maxim Hermaniuk | predecessor = Andrew Roborecki | successor = Cornelius Pasichny | other_post = Rector of Cathedral of St. Josaphat in Toronto (1951–1978) }} Bishop '''Basil Filevich''' ({{langx|uk|Василь Філевич}}; January 13, 1918 – April 20, 2006) was a Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He served as the second Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon from December 5, 1983, until his retirement on November 6, 1995.
==Life== Bishop Filevich was born in the family of ethnical Ukrainian Greek-Catholics Omelian and Anna (née Pelakh) Filevich with eight children in Canada. After the school education, he subsequently studied philosophy and theology in the St. Joseph Theological Seminary in Edmonton (1937–1942).<ref name="IV"/> Filevich was ordained as a priest on April 17, 1942<ref name="CH"/> after completed theological studies.
After that he had a various pastoral assignments and served as parish priest, chancellor and a Rector of Cathedral of St. Josaphat in Toronto (1951–1978). Five last years before his nomination as bishop, in 1978–1983, he served as a parish priest in Thunder Bay, Ontario.<ref name="IV">{{Cite book|title=Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996)|last=Блажейовський|first=Дмитро|year=1996|publisher=Каменяр|location=Львів|pages=352|language=uk}}</ref>
On December 5, 1983, Fr. Filevich was nominated by Pope John Paul II and on February 27, 1984 consecrated to the Episcopate as the second Eparchial Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk.<ref name="CH">{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bfilevich|Bishop Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †|September 14, 2017}}</ref>
On November 6, 1995, Bishop Filevich retired and died on April 20, 2006, in the age 88.
==Memory== Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual School in Saskatoon is named after him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-ukrainian-school-welcomes-students-escaping-war-in-ukraine-1.6416055 |title=Saskatoon Ukrainian school welcomes students escaping war in Ukraine |first=Laura |last=Sciarpelletti |work=CBC News |date=2022-04-12 }}</ref>
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