title: Michel Hrynchyshyn
text: # Michel Hrynchyshyn
  
  The Rt Revd Michel Hrynchyshyn C.Ss.R. (18 February 1929 – 12 November 2012) was the apostolic exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate in France, Benelux and Switzerland for the Ukrainians from when he was consecrated bishop on 30 January 1983 until his resignation in 2012. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 1982. He also was an advisor to the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and a member of Le conseil d'Eglises chrétiennes en France (CECEF). Hrynchyshyn was born in Buchanan, Saskatchewan.
  
  