Basil H. Losten

Styles of Basil Harry Losten
Reference style	His Grace The Most Reverend
Spoken style	His Grace
Religious style	Bishop

Basil Harry Losten (born May 11, 1930) is a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He is currently Bishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut. He was succeeded by Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky.

Education

Losten was born in Chesapeake City, Maryland. He attended St. Basil School in Philadelphia and went on to attend the Ukrainian Catholic Seminary, Stamford, Connecticut. He graduated from St. Basil College with a bachelor of arts in philosophy. In 1957, he completed his graduate work in theology at the Catholic University of America.^[1]

Priesthood

On June 10, 1957, Losten was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Constantine Bohachevsky. His first assignment included work as chancery secretary for the Philadelphia Archdiocese as well as working in several Philadelphia parishes.^[1] In 1962, he was named personal secretary to Archbishop-Metropolitan Ambrose Senyshyn. This position led him to various posts within the eparchy, including comptroller and consultor, president of Ascension Manor (a senior citizens complex—a project he initiated), director of the Archdiocesan Insurance Commission, and a member of the Archdiocesan Building Commission.

In 1968, Pope Paul VI raised him to the rank of papal chamberlain. He was nominated to the episcopacy on March 23, 1971, and was consecrated on May 25, 1971. He was named auxiliary to the Ukrainian Archdiocese of Philadelphia and in 1976, during Senyshyn’s failing health, Pope Paul VI appointed Losten apostolic administrator in charge of diocesan affairs.^[1] In September 1977, Losten was named Bishop of Stamford, succeeding Joseph M. Schmondiuk. The diocese comprises New York State and all of the New England states. He retired on January 3, 2006, and was succeeded by Paul Chomnycky.^[1]

See also

References

Sources

• Jaksic, Vesna, "A new leader: Bishop installed as head of Ukrainian Catholics in area", The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, February 21, 2006
• Ukrainian Weekly, "Bishop Losten appointed emissary for Church development in Ukraine", July 1, 1990
• "Bishop Emeritus Basil Losten, builder of the Church in the U.S. and Ukraine", Ukrainian Weekly online 2006

External links

• Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford Official Site
• Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut

Episcopal succession

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Hierarchy including Ecclesiastical circumscriptions

Major archeparchy

• Kyiv–Galicia: Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Archeparchies

• Kyiv: Sviatoslav Shevchuk
• Lviv: Ihor Vozniak
• Przemyśl–Warsaw: Eugeniusz Popowicz
• Winnipeg: Lawrence Huculak
• Philadelphia: Borys Gudziak
• Ivano-Frankivsk: Volodymyr Viytyshyn
• Ternopil–Zboriv: Vasyl Semeniuk
• São João Batista em Curitiba: Valdomiro Koubetch

Eparchies

Ukraine	Buchach: Dmytro Hryhorak Chernivtsi: Yosafat Moschych Kamyanets–Podilskyi: Ivan Kulyk Kolomyia: Vasyl Ivasyuk Sambir–Drohobych: Yaroslav Pryriz Sokal–Zhovkva: Mykhaylo Koltun Stryi: Taras Senkiv
Poland	Olsztyn–Gdańsk: Arkadiusz Trochanowski Wrocław–Koszalin: Włodzimierz Juszczak
Canada	Edmonton: David Motiuk Saskatoon: Michael Smolinski New Westminster: Michael Kwiatkowski Toronto and Eastern Canada: Bryan Bayda
United States	Saint Nicholas of Chicago: Venedykt Aleksiychuk Saint Josaphat in Parma: Bohdan Danylo Stamford: Paul Chomnycky
Brazil	Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis: Meron Mazur
Argentina	Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
Australia and New Zealand	Saints Peter and Paul of Australia: Mykola Bychok
United Kingdom	Holy Family of London: Kenneth Nowakowski
France, Benelux and Switzerland	Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris: Hlib Lonchyna (Apostolic Administrator)

Apostolic exarchates

Germany and Scandinavia	Bohdan Dzyurakh
Italy and San Marino	Dionisio Lachovicz

Archiepiscopal exarchates

• Donetsk: Stepan Meniok
• Kharkiv: Vasyl Tuchapets
• Krym: Mykhaylo Bubniy (Archiepiscopal Administrator)
• Odesa: Mykhaylo Bubniy
• Lutsk: Yosafat Hovera

Apostolic visitors

• Chile: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
• Northern Ireland: Kenneth Nowakowski
• Paraguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Uruguay: Daniel Kozelinski Netto
• Venezuela: Daniel Kozelinski Netto

Curial and
auxiliary bishops

• Volodymyr Firman (Ternopil–Zboriv)
• Petro Holiney (Kolomyia)
• Volodymyr Hrutsa (Lviv)
• Andriy Khimyak (Kyiv)
• Hryhoriy Komar (Sambir–Drohobych)
• Petro Loza (Sokal–Zhovkva)
• Bohdan Manyshyn (Stryi)
• Teodor Martynyuk (Ternopil–Zboriv)
• Yosyf Milyan (Kyiv)
• Andriy Rabiy (Winnipeg)
• Maksym Ryabukha (Donetsk)
• Mykola Semenyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk)
• Stepan Sus (Curial Bishop)

Bishops
emeritus

• Jan Martyniak (Metropolitan) (Przemyśl – Warsaw)
• Stefan Soroka (Metropolitan) (Philadelphia)
• Iryney Bilyk (Buchach)
• Stephen Chmilar (Toronto)
• Petro Kryk (Germany and Scandinavia)
• Basil Losten (Stamford)
• Wasyl Medwit (Donetsk)
• Peter Stasiuk (Saints Peter and Paul of Australia)
• Michael Wiwchar (Saskatoon)

Defunct
circumscriptions

Poland	Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna Eparchy of Kholm and Belz Conversion of Chełm Eparchy
Ukraine	Eparchy of Zboriv

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