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Blessed Grzegorz Chomyszyn
Blessed Grzegorz Chomyszyn

Blessed Hryhorii Khomyshyn

Also known as: Gregor Khomysyn; Gregory Chomyshyn; Gregory Khomyshyn; Grzegorz Chomyszyn; Hryhorij Khomyshyn; Hryhorij Khomysyn; Hryhory Khomyshyn; Hryhory Khomysyn

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28 December; 17 January on some calendars; 27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Born

25 March 1867 at Hadynkivtsi, Ternopil District, Ukraine

Died

17 January 1947 in NKVD prison in Kiev, Ukraine

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Venerated

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

Biography

Blessed Hryhorii Khomyshyn, also known as Gregor Khomysyn, Gregory Chomyshyn, Gregory Khomyshyn, Grzegorz Chomyszyn, Hryhorij Khomyshyn, Hryhorij Khomysyn, Hryhory Khomyshyn, and Hryhory Khomysyn, was a Greek Catholic priest and bishop who became a martyr under the communist regime in Eastern Europe.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2001-06-27 by 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine

Feast Days

December 28January 17June 27
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