Blessed Hryhorii Khomyshyn

Also known as

• Gregor Khomysyn
• Gregory Khomyshyn
• Hryhorij Khomyshyn
• Hryhorij Khomysyn
• Hryhory Khomyshyn
• Hryhory Khomysyn

Memorial

• 17 January
• 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

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Born

• 25 March 1867 at Hadynkivtsi, Ternopil District, Ukraine

Died

• 17 January 1947 in NKVD prison in Kiev, Ukraine

Venerated

• 24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Canonized

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     Ukrain’ska Greko-Katolits’ka Tserkva
     pl. Sviatoho Yura 5
     L’viv 79000, UKRAINE
     - or -
     Chiesa S. Sofia Ucraina
     Via Boccea, 478
     00166 Roma, ITALY

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Hryhorii Khomyshyn”. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 April 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-hryhorii-khomyshyn/>