Winnipeg Archeparchy's vicar-general killed in automobile accident on April 29

by Christopher Guly

OTTAWA - The vicar-general of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Winnipeg was killed in a highway crash in southwestern Manitoba on April 29.

The Rev. Jaropolk Radkewycz, 52, died instantly when the car he was driving collided head on with a tractor-trailer near Neepawa.

The Ukrainian priest was rector of Ss. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral in Winnipeg. The Rev. Radkewycz was travelling with his assistant, the Rev. Nestor Baraniuk, 57. The two were headed to a Ukrainian priests' meeting in Dauphin, Manitoba.

The Rev. Baraniuk remains in critical condition in the Portage la Prairie General Hospital.

Born in Ukraine, the Rev. Radkewycz had served as pastor in Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, as well as secretary to Metropolitan emeritus Maxim Hermaniuk of Winnipeg.

In June, Winnipeg Auxiliary Bishop-designate Stephen Soroka was scheduled to assume the duties of vicar-general.

"He was a man who knew how to handle every situation in the diocese," Msgr. Michael Buyachok of Dauphin told the Winnipeg Free Press. "There wasn't anyone in Canada who didn't know him."

A prayer service was scheduled for May 6 and a funeral for May 7 at Ss. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral in Winnipeg.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 12, 1996, No. 19, Vol. LXIV

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