Bishop Michael Wiwchar was born to Wasyl and Anna Chajkowska Wiwchar on May 9, 1932 in Komarno, Manitoba, Canada. He grew up with two brothers, Nicholas and John, and his late sister, Sister Anita Olya Marie, SSMI. His early schooling and aspirations took him to a Redemptorist minor seminary in Roblin, Manitoba where after his novitiate in Yorkton,