Blessed Ivan Sleziuk
Also known as
- Ivan Slezyuk
- John Sleziuk
Profile
Greek Catholic. Ordained in 1923. Co-adjutor bishop in April 1945. Arrested for his faith on 2 June 1945, and sentenced to ten years in the forced labour camps in Vorkuta, Russia; transferred in 1950 to Mordovia, Russia. Released on 15 November 1954, and returned to Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Arrested again for his faith in 1962; sentenced to five years in the forced labour camps. Released on 30 November 1968. Routinely and repeatedly interrogated by the KGB until his death.
Born
- 14 January 1896 at Zhyvachiv, Stanislaviv District, Ukraine
- 2 December 1973 in Ivano-Frankivsk, 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 Ivan Sleziuk“. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 November 2016. Web. 28 January 2021. <>