Stepan Vaprovych
Stepan Vaprovych (Ukrainian: Степан Вапрович; 1 May 1899 – 2 March 1964) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk from 1945 to 1964.
Stepan Vaprovych | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (auxiliary) | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | April 1945 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1926 (Priest) by Bl. Hryhoriy Khomyshyn |
| Consecration | April 1945 (Bishop) by Bl. Hryhoriy Khomyshyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stepan Vaprovych 1 May 1899 Ivane-Puste, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, now Ukraine |
| Died | 2 March 1964 (aged 64) Ivane-Puste, Soviet Union, now Ukraine |
Biography
Born in Ivane-Puste, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (present-day – Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) in 1899 and was ordained a priest on 1926 by Blessed Bishop Hryhoriy Khomyshyn.[1] After ordination he served a short time in the village Tsenyava and then, from 1927, as missionary priest in Apóstoles, Argentina. After returning in Ukraine from 1935 until 1939 Fr. Vaprovych was a prefect in the Stanislaviv Theological Seminary, and from 1939 until 1941 served as priest in the Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna.[1] He was arrested, because the Communist regime persecuted and abolished the Greek-Catholic Church, and exiled in Siberia in 1945. after returning he worked as carpenter and constructor and served as clandestine bishop until his death.[1]
In April 1945 Fr. Vaprovych was consecrated to the Episcopate as auxiliary bishop. The principal and single consecrator was Blessed Bishop Hryhoriy Khomyshyn, who a short time later was arrested and imprisoned by Communists.[2]
He died in his native village on 2 March 1964.
References
- Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1988). Ukrainian Catholic clergy in diaspora (1751-1988). Rome. p. 242.
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