His Eminence Lubomyr Cardinal Husar (born 26 February 1933) is a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, Major Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians, and is the primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the second largest church of the Catholic Communion. February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals, during a consistory. ... The Roman Catholic Church is the largest religious denomination of Christianity with over one billion members. ... A primate in the Western Church is an archbishop or bishop who has authority not just over the bishops of his own province, as a Metropolitan does, but over a number of provinces, such as a national church. ... The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a successor church to the acceptance of Christianity by Prince Volodymyr (also Vladimir) in Kyiv (Kiev), in 988. ... This article deals with the legal structure of the sui juris particular churches of the Roman Catholic Church, and will soon be merged with that article. ...

Born in Lviv, Ukraine, Husar fled Ukraine with his parents in 1944, during World War II. He studied at Catholic University of America and Fordham University in the United States, and was ordained a priest on 30 March 1958 for the eparchy of Stanford of the Ukrainians. Motto: Semper fidelis Oblast Lviv Oblast Municipal government City council (Львівська міська рада) Mayor City chairman Lyubomyr Bunyak Area 171,01 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 808,900 ? 4786/km² Founded City rights 13th century 1353 Latitude Longitude 49°51′ N 24°01′ E Area code +0322 Car plates  ? Twin... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (abbreviated CUA), located in Washington, DC, is unique as the national university of the Catholic Church and as the only higher education institution founded by the U.S. bishops. ... Fordham University is a private, co-educational university located in the Bronx in New York City (but with campuses also in Manhattan — at Lincoln Center — and Westchester). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

From 1958 to 1969, he taught at St. Basil's College Seminary and was pastor at Kerhonkson between 1966 and 1969. In 1969, Husar went to Rome, where he spent three years earning a doctorate in theology. He then entered the Monastery of Studiti in Grottaferrata in Italy, and was named its Superior in 1974. 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Consecrated a bishop in 1977 by Cardinal Josyf Slipyi, without papal approval, he was named Archimandrite of the Studiti Monks in Europe and America in 1978. He organized a new Studiti monastery in Ternopil, Ukraine, in 1994, and was elected by the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Church as exarch of the archiepiscopal exarchy of Kyiv-Vyshorod, Ukraine in 1995, confirmed by the pope the following year. Although once a citizen of the United States, Husar gave up his American citizenship upon returning to his native Ukraine. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Ternopil (Тернопіль in Ukrainian, Tarnopol in Polish, Ternopol in Russian) is a city in Western Ukraine, located at the banks of the Seret river. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

In December 2000, Pope John Paul II named Husar apostolic administrator of the Major-Archdiocese of Lviv of the Ukrainians, and he was elected Major Archbishop in January 2001. He was one of the Cardinals considered papabile at the 2005 Papal conclave to succeed John Paul II, and, although he was not elected to the papacy himself, did participate as a cardinal elector. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... His Holiness Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death. ... Papabile (plural: Papabili) is an unofficial Italian term first coined by Vaticanologists and now used internationally in many languages to describe cardinals of whom it is thought likely or possible that they will be elected pope. ... The Papal conclave of 2005 began on April 18, 2005 and ended the next day after four ballots. ... The following are the cardinal electors in the 2005 papal conclave. ...

External links

• Biography at catholic-pages.com (http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=192)