The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg invites the faithful and all people of goodwill to join in prayer and celebration on the historic occasion of the enthronement of the Most Reverend Michael Kwiatkowski as the Fourth Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg and Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada.
The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and enthronement ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 10:00 AM Winnipeg time (5:00 PM Kyiv time) at the Cathedral of Saints Volodymyr and Olha in Winnipeg.
The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy will be presided over by His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych. He will be joined by Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs from Canada and the United States, including Most Reverend David Motiuk, Eparch of Edmonton; Most Reverend Bryan Bayda, C.Ss.R., Eparch of Toronto and Eastern Canada; Most Reverend Michael Smolinski, C.Ss.R., Eparch of Saskatoon; Most Reverend Andriy Rabiy, Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg; Most Reverend Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia; Most Reverend Benedict Aleksiychuk, Eparch of St. Nicholas in Chicago; and Most Reverend Bohdan Danylo, Eparch of St. Josaphat in Parma. Other hierarchs of the Ukrainian Catholic Church from Ukraine will also include Most Rev. Andriy Khimiak and Most Rev. Mykola Semenyshyn.
The Liturgy will also be concelebrated by His Excellency the Most Reverend Ivan Jurkovič, Titular Archbishop of Corbavia and Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, together with Roman Catholic bishops from across Canada, including Most Reverend Albert LeGatt, Archbishop of Saint-Boniface; Most Reverend Richard Smith, Archbishop of Vancouver, Most Rev. Mark Hagemoen, bishop of Saskatoon and Most Rev. Sylvain Lavoie, Archbishop-Emeritus.
Most Rev. Milad El Jawich, the Melkite Catholic bishop in Canada, will be also participating.
For those unable to attend in person, the celebration will be livestreamed on YouTube. Everyone is warmly invited to join this joyful occasion online, pray together, and ask God’s abundant blessings upon Metropolitan-Archbishop Michael as he begins his ministry of shepherding the faithful of our Church in Canada.
Watch the livestream here:
Enthronement of Metropolitan-Archbishop Michael Kwiatkowski – YouTube