ДЕНЬ НАРОДЖЕННЯ ВИСОКОПРЕОСВЯЩЕННОГО ВЛАДИКИ ІВАНА БУЧКА – ТИТУЛЯРНИЙ АРХИЄПИСКОП ЛЕОКАДІЙСЬКИЙ, АПОСТОЛЬСЬКИЙ ВІЗИТАТОР ЗАХІДНОЇ ЄВРОПИ – (135 РОКІВ ТОМУ).

The Eparchy of Wrocław-Koszalin marks the 135th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Buchko, the Titular Archbishop of Leocadia and Apostolic Visitor for Western Europe.

Born on October 1, 1891, in the village of Hermaniv in Galicia, Buchko studied at the Lviv Academic Gymnasium before moving to Rome to pursue higher theological studies between 1911 and 1915. He was ordained a priest on February 21, 1915, by Bishop Lazar Mladenov.

Buchko earned a doctorate in dogmatic theology in Rome in 1921. He later served as the rector of the Minor Theological Seminary in Rome and as a professor at the Greek Catholic Theological Seminary in Lviv from 1922 to 1929. During his time in Lviv, he also helped found the Theological Scientific Society, serving as its first treasurer.