Vatican City, Aug 8, 2017 / 04:45 am
On Tuesday it was announced that Pope Francis has named Fr. Andriy Rabiy, who has a background in child protection, as an auxiliary bishop for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Announced in an Aug. 8 communique from the Vatican, Rabiy's appointment means he will join fellow auxiliary Bishop John Bura in serving the Archepharchy's Metropolitan Archbishop, Stefan Soroka.
Until now he has served as "protosyncellus," defined on the archeparchy's website as someone – typically an auxiliary bishop or "a priest of distinguished standing" -- who is given special authority to help the archbishop govern the eparchy.
Born in Lviv, Ukraine, in 1975, Rabiy eventually moved to the United States, where he adapted well to his new culture.