Ivan Slezyuk
| Blessed Ivan Slezyuk | |
|---|---|
| Born |
14 January 1896 Zhyvachiv, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian-Hungarian Empire |
| Died |
2 December 1973 (aged 77) Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
| Venerated in |
Roman Catholic Church, Ukrainian Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 27 June 2001, Lviv, Ukraine by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | June 28 |
The Blessed Ivan Slezyuk (Ukrainian: Іван Слезюк; 14 January 1896 – 2 December 1973) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and hieromartyr.
Born on 14 January 1896 in the village of Zhyvachiv, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (now in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine). After graduating from the seminary in 1923, he was ordained a priest on 1923 by Blessed Bishop Hryhoriy Khomyshyn.[1]
In April 1945 Bishop Hryhoriy Khomyshyn consecrated him to the Episcopate as his coadjutor with the right of succession as a precaution in case Bishop Khomyshyn should be arrested. [2] However, shortly thereafter on 2 June 1945, Bishop Ivan was arrested and deported for ten years to the labour camps in Vorkuta. In 1950 he was transferred to the labour camps in Mordovia. After his release on 15 November 1954, he returned to Stanislaviv. In 1962, he was arrested for the second time and imprisoned for five years in a camp of strict regiment. After his release on 30 November 1968, he had to often go to the KGB for regular "talks." The last visit was two weeks before his death.[2]
He died on 2 December 1973 in Ivano-Frankivsk.
References
- ↑ Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1990). Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church (861-1990). Rome. p. 323.
- 1 2 Biographies of twenty five Greek-Catholic Servants of God at the website of the Vatican