Bishop Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Aug 1921		Born	Beaverdale, PA, USA
4 Jul 1949	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
25 Aug 1964	43.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
25 Aug 1964	43.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
2 Jan 1965	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
13 Oct 1980	59.1	Appointed	Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada
11 Nov 1996	75.2	Retired	Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada
16 Jan 2003	81.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian), Canada

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 53.5 years
a bishop for 38.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Isidore Borecky †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nicholas Thomas Elko †
Archbishop Joakim Segedi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. † (1965)
Bishop Isidore Borecky † (1948)
Archbishop Basile Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M. † (1929)
Archbishop Costantine Bohacevskyj † (1924)
Bishop Bl. Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky (Kocylovskyj), O.S.B.M. † (1917)
Archbishop Andreas Alexander Szeptycki (Sheptytsky), O.S.B.M. † (1899)
Archbishop Julian Kuiłovskyi † (1890)
Sylwester Cardinal Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1879)
Archbishop Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1865)
Archbishop Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) † (1857)
Bishop Ioan Lemeni † (1833)
Bishop Samuel Vulcan † (1807)
Bishop Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) † (1784)
Bishop Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. † (1773)
Bishop Basilius Bosicskovich, O.S.B.M. †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Joseph Dudick †
Bishop Emil John Mihalik †
Bishop Ján Hirka
Bishop Milan Chautur, C.SS.R.

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)

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