Blessed Yosafat Kotsylovskyi - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Yosafat Kotsylovskyi

Also known as: Josaphat Kocylovskyj; Josaphat Kotsylovsky

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

17 November; 27 June as one of the Martyrs Killed Under Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe

Born

3 March 1876 at Pakoshivka, Lemkiv District, Ukraine

Died

Martyred on 17 November 1947 in 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 Yosafat Kotsylovskyi, also known as Josaphat Kocylovskyj and Josaphat Kotsylovsky, was a prominent figure within the Greek Catholic Church. He was born on March 3, 1876, in the Lemkiv District of Ukraine, specifically in Pakoshivka.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

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

Feast Days

November 17 June 27

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