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Blessed Symeon Lukach
Blessed Symeon Lukach

Blessed Symeon Lukach

Also known as: Simeon Lukac

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

22-Aug

Born

7 July 1893 at Starunya, Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’, Ukraine

Died

22 August 1964 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’, Ukraine of tuberculosis

Beatified

27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II at Ukraine

Venerated

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

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.

Cause for Canonization

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