Borys Gudziak, Ukraine’s catholic bishop in Paris, has been awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour in France’s New Year honours list. The order, established by Napoleon Bonaparte back in 1802, is the highest decoration in France. Bishop Borys, who is president of the Ukrainian Catholic University, has spent his professional life preaching the message of freedom and dignity for all.
A leading intellectual and historian globally recognised for his scholarly achievements and pastoral inspiration, Gudziak has helped make the Ukrainian Catholic University an exemplary educational institution, which teaches democratic principles and models ethics and morality to the …read more
Source: Ukrainian Institute, London
