Most Rev. David Motiuk, Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton
Ex-officio member
His Grace Bishop David Motiuk completed his seminary studies at Holy Spirit Seminary in Ottawa, graduating from Saint Paul University with a bachelor’s degree in theology in 1987 and a master’s degree and licentiate in canon law in 1989. He was ordained to the priesthood on Aug. 21, 1988.
After entering the priesthood, he served parishes throughout Alberta and the Eparchy of Edmonton and taught theology and canon law at Saint Paul University and the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute. During that time, he earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Institute of Eastern Studies in Rome. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg following his episcopal ordination on June 11, 2002, and he was appointed Bishop of the Eparchy of Edmonton on Jan. 25, 2007.
Bishop Motiuk is a member of the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches, the Canadian Canon Law Society and the Canon Law Societies of America, Great Britain and Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand.