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Religious style	Bishop

Basil Harry Losten (May 11, 1930 – September 15, 2024) was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He was until his death 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.

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. 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. 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.

Losten died after a short illness at a hospital in Stamford, Connecticut, in the early hours of September 15, 2024. He was 94.

See also

• Biography
• Catholicism
• Connecticut

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

References

1. ^ Ukrainian Weekly, "Bishop Losten appointed emissary for Church development in Ukraine", July 1, 1990.
2. "Відійшов у вічність владика Василь Лостен". ugcc.ua (in Ukrainian). Українська греко-католицька церква. September 15, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.

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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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: Teodor Martynyuk 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: Petro Loza 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: Maksym Ryabukha 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) Bohdan Manyshyn (Stryi) Yosyf Milyan (Kyiv) Andriy Rabiy (Winnipeg) Mykola Semenyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk) Stepan Sus (Curial Bishop)
Bishops emeritus	Jan Martyniak (Metropolitan) (Przemyśl – Warsaw) Vasyl Semeniuk (Metropolitan) (Ternopil–Zboriv) Stefan Soroka (Metropolitan) (Philadelphia) Iryney Bilyk (Buchach) Mykhaylo Koltun (Sokal–Zhovkva) Petro Kryk (Germany and Scandinavia) Stepan Meniok (Donetsk) Peter Stasiuk (Saints Peter and Paul of Australia) Michael Wiwchar (Saskatoon)
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