Blessed Ivan Sleziuk

Also known as

• Ivan Slezyuk
• John Sleziuk

Memorial

• 2 December
• 27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

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

Died

• 2 December 1973 in Ivano-Frankivsk, 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 Ivan Sleziuk”. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 April 2010. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-ivan-sleziuk/>