Blessed Zenon Kovalyk
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- Also known as
- Zynovij Kovalyk
- Memorial
- 2 April
- Profile
- Greek Catholic.
Redemptorist, making his vows on 28 August 1926.
Studied philosophy and theology in Belgium.
Ordained in Ukraine on 4 September 1937.
Worked in Volyn.
Arrested for his faith on 20 December 1940, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, during Mass while giving a homily, and imprisoned in a converted Brigittine convent.
Martyr.
- Born
- 18 August 1903 at Ivakhiv, Ukraine
- Died
- crucified against a wall by Communists in 1941 at Bryhidky prison, Zamarstynivska Street, Lviv, Ukraine
- Beatified
- 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
- Canonized
- pending
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