Blessed Symeon Lukach
Also known as: Simeon Lukac
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 22
Born
July 7, 1893
Died
August 22, 1964
Beatified
27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine
Biography
Blessed Symeon Lukach, also known as Simeon Lukac, was a Greek Catholic priest and martyr. He was born on 7 July 1893, in Starunya, Ivano-Frankivs'ka oblast', Ukraine, into a farm family. From an early age, Symeon felt a calling to the priesthood and entered the seminary in 1913.