Chaplain of His Holiness / Aumônier de Sa Sainteté

(OTTAWA, ON) - The Most Reverend Scott McCaig, CC, Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Canada, announced that His Holiness Pope Francis has elevated one priest of the Ordinariate as 'Chaplain of His Holiness':  Reverend Monsignor Gracjan Burkiciak, C.S.S. 

(OTTAWA, ON) - Mgr Scott McCaig, CC, évêque de l'Ordinariat militaire du Canada, a annoncé que Sa Sainteté le pape François a élevé un prêtre de l'Ordinariat au rang d' 'aumônier de Sa Sainteté' : Révérend Monseigneur Gracjan Burkiciak, C.S.S. 

Msgr. Gracjan Burkiciak, C.S.S.: Ordained in 1970 , Msgr. Gracjan immigrated to Canada in 1972 and worked in London, ON among the Polish people.  He was pastor at Sacred Heart Parish, Canmore, AB, appointed Chaplain to the Olympic Games in Calgary, AB in 1988 and, later that year, joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) with postings to: Halifax, NS; Goose Bay, Labrador; Shearwater, NS; Greenwood, NS; Trenton, ON; Geilenkirchen, Germany and Comox, BC.   He retired in 2006, albeit assisting with local parish in the region of Edmonton, AB and our very own CFB Edmonton, AB.