Blessed Josaphat Kotsylovsky
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- Also known as
- Josaphat Kocylovskyj
- Memorial
- 2 April
- Profile
- Greek Catholic.
Studied theology in Rome, graduating in 1907.
Ordained on 9 October 1907.
Vice-rector and professor of theology at the Stanislaviv seminary.
Entered the Basilian novitiate on 2 October 1911.
Bishop of Premeshyl on 23 September 1917 in Premeshyl.
Imprisoned for his faith by Polish authorities in September 1945.
Died in prison; martyr.
- Born
- 3 March 1876 at Pakoshivka, Lemkiv District, Ukraine
- Died
- martyred on 17 November 1947 in prison in Kyiv
- Beatified
- 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
- Canonized
- pending
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