Roman Danylak

Roman Danylak, S.T.L., J.U.D. (born December 29, 1930, Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian Ukrainian Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1957 and ministered to Ukrainian Catholics in Canada.cite web | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdanylak.html | accessdate=2007-04-13 | publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org | title=Bishop Roman Danylak ] He received a licentiate of sacred theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University and a doctorate of canon and civil law from the Pontifical Lateran University.cite news | url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1993/019305.shtml | title=Vatican announces new appointments | author=Christopher Guly | work=The Ukrainian Weekly | date=January 3, 1993 | accessdate=2007-04-13 ] From 1973–1990, Father Danylak served as a consultor to the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Canon Law for the Eastern Churches.cite news | title=Interview: The Vatican's administrator for Toronto eparchy | url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1993/069307.shtml | author=Andrij Wynnyckyj | work=The Ukrainian Weekly | date=February 7, 1993 | accessdate=2007-04-13 ]

In 1992, while serving as the rector of St. Josaphat Cathedral and chancellor of the eparchal chancery, he was appointed Apostolic administrator "sede plena" of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toranto and titular bishop of Nyssa by Pope John Paul II. His appointment proved controversial, as the incumbent bishop, 81 year-old Isidore Borecky, refused to retire even though he had passed the mandatory retirement age of 75 established by canon law. It was also rumored that Bishop Borechy had requested a coadjutor or auxiliary bishop, not an administrator, and that Father Danylak had not been nominated for the position by the Ukrainian Synod.cite news | url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1993/059303.shtml | author=Andrij Wynnyckyj | title=Furor erupts in Toronto Eparchy as Rome makes move against bishop | work=The Ukrainian Weekly | date=January 31, 1993 | accessdate=2007-04-13 ] After six years of conflict between the two bishops, Bishop Lubomyr Husar, Apostolic administrator of Lviv, negotiated a resolution whereby Bishop Borecky retired and Bishop Danylak was reassigned to special duties in Rome, resulting in the vacancy of the Toronto eparchy effective June 24, 1998. Bishop Cornelius Pasichny of Saskatoon was appointed the new bishop on July 1 of that year.cite news | url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1998/299804.shtml | title=Toronto's Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy subjected to major reassignments | work=The Ukrainian Weekly | author=Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj | date=July 19, 1998 | accessdate=2007-04-13 ]

Bishop Danylak is currently serving as a canon of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.cite web | url=http://www.vatican.va/various/sm_maggiore/en/capitolo/capitolo.htm | title=The chapter of Saint Mary Major | publisher=The Vatican | accessdate=2007-04-13 ]

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