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His wife, Paraskeviya Tymofij, whom he married in 1932, died in April 1976. Two years later, an Extraordinary [[Sobor]] (general council) of the UOCC elected him as its candidate for [[bishop]]. On [[July 16]], 1978, he was [[consecrate]]d as the Bishop of Saskatoon at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Winnipeg by Metropolitan Andrew, Archbishop Boris, and Bishop Mykolaj. Following the death of then [[Archbishop]] Mykolaj in 1981, Bishop Wasyly became the acting Bishop of the Eastern Eparchy. He was elevated to Archbishop of Toronto in 1983. Then in 1985, the 17th Sobor of the UOCC selected Wasyly to be its Metropolitan and Primate with the honorific "His Beatitude," and he will be the last Hierarch to hold that title in the UOCC, as decided by His All Holiness [[Bartholomew I (Archontonis) of Constantinople|Patriarch Bartholemew I]]. As Primate, he was the spiritual leader of the Ukrianian Orthodox Church of Canada and chancellor of its seminary, [[St. Andrew's College (Winnipeg, Manitoba)|St. Andrew's College]].

Metropolitan Wasyly reposed on [[January 10]], 2005, and his funeral took place on January 21-22 at Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral in Winnipeg. He is buried at Glen Eden Cemetery. With his wife Parskeviya, he had three sons: Eugene (who has served on the church's consistory board twice), Yaroslaw and Emil.