Blessed Hryhorii Khomyshyn
Also known as
- Gregor Khomysyn
- Gregory Chomyshyn
- Gregory Khomyshyn
- Grzegorz Chomyszyn
- Hryhorij Khomyshyn
- Hryhorij Khomysyn
- Hryhory Khomyshyn
- Hryhory Khomysyn
- 28 December
- 17 January on some calendars
- 27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe
Profile
Greek Catholic. Ordained on 18 November 1893. Studied theology at Vienna, Austria from 1894 to 1899. Rector of the seminary in Lviv, Ukraine in 1902. Bishop of Stanislaviv (modern Ivano-Frankivsk), Ukraine on 6 May 1904. Arrested for his faith in 1939 by the NKVD. Arrested again in April 1945; deported to Kiev, Ukraine. Died in prison. One of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe.
Born
- 17 January 1947 in NKVD prison in Kiev, Ukraine
- 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
- 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Hryhorii Khomyshyn“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 November 2016. Web. 14 December 2019. <>