Cleric, author.
Born at Mundare, Alberta on 16 November 1919, son of Luka Daciuk (1881-1963) and Ksenia Brukhkovsky (1896-1919), his mother died three months after his birth leaving his father raise him and his brothers Stefan and Dmytro. On 24 April 1936, at the age of 16, he entered the Novitiate of the Basilian Fathers in Mundare and assumed the monastic name Myron. Following his monastic vows on 15 November 1942, he studied at the Basilian Houses of Studies in Mundare and Grimsby, Ontario where he was ordained a priest by Bishop Basil Ladyka, O.S.B.M. at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church on 10 June 1945.
He taught at the Ukrainian Basilian Scholasticate and ministered at mission parishes in New Kiev, Plain Lake, Lavoy, and Innisfree (1945-1950). He was Assistant Pastor and Pastor at St. Michael’s Church at Montreal (1950-1952), Master of Novices at Mundare (1953-1959), Superior of the Mundare Monastery (1959-1964), and a Provincial Superior of the Basilian Order (1964-1970). He was the Pastor at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church (1970-1976) and Consultor to the Provincial Superior. In 1976, he transfererd to Edmonton to serve as Superior of local monastery and was later Pastor at St. Basil’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. Three years later, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to become Pastor of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church (1979-1982).
On 7 July 1982, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg and was consecrated Bishop on 14 October 1982 at the Cathedral of Sts. Volodymyr and Olha in Winnipeg. He was named Vicar General of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg and Pastor at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Church (1882-1991). During his tenure at St Andrew’s, he helped to write the commemorative book: Golden Jubilee of St Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Church Winnipeg, Manitoba; 50th Anniversary 1938 (1988, St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Church). He served on the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Catholic Hospital Association as the representative of the Catholic Bishops of Manitoba.
He was President of St. Nicholas Mutual Benefit Association (1983-1990), Chairman of Ukrainian Millennium of Christianity Celebrations (1988), Spiritual Advisor to the National Executive of the Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada (1989-1991), and a member of the Board of Catholic Church Extension Society (1991-1996). On 11 November 1991, he was appointed Eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton. His solemn installation as Eparch took place on 16 January 1992 at the Cathedral of St. Josaphat in Edmonton, Alberta. Bishop Myron celebrated his 50th anniversary of priesthood at the Church of St. Basil the Great in Edmonton on 10 June 1995.
He died of a heart ailment on 14 January 1996 and was buried with his Basilian confreres in the Basilian Fathers’ Cemetery near Mundare, Alberta.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 17 February 1996, page C12.
Basilio Cimbalista, “The Late Bishop Myron Daciuk, OSBM,” in Svitlo (February 1996), p. 60–62 (Ukrainian original).
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church: Celebrating 100 Years - Together for Tomorrow by June Dutka and Athanasius McVay. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 2006.
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Necrology.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer and June Dutka.
Page revised: 11 November 2025
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