Edmonton Eparchy

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Although the Eparchy of Edmonton was not officially erected until 1956, its origins coincide with the beginnings of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada , and, therefore, date back to the late 1800s. Two of the Eparchy's best known faithful were Wasyl Eleniak and Ivan Pylypiw, who left their village Nebyliv of the Province of Galicia in September, 1891, and settled near Mundare , Alberta, thus becoming the first documented Ukrainians in Canada. They and thousands of other immigrants, many of them agriculturists, established their homesteads in Western Canada .

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