[6]       PETRO MEKELYTA AND 44 COMPANION MARTYRS FROM

            THE UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH

1.        DMYTRO YAREMKO **

            [Дмитро Яремко]

            titular eparch of Ostroh

            born: 06 October 1879 in Haiok, Volodarka (Ukraine)

            died: 03 October 1915 in Voronezh (Russia)

2.        MYKOLA SCHEPANIUK  *

            [Микола Щепанюк]

            priest of the eparchy of Donetsk-Kharkiv; married

            born: 08 March 1883 in Tsebriv, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 27 October 1937 in Magadan (Russia)

3.        IVAN TATARYNS’KYI

            [Іван Татаринський]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 01 July 1890 in Ivanivka, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: October 1940 in Zolociv, Lviv (Ukraine)

4.        YAROSLAV CHEMERYNS’KYI

            [Ярослав Чемеринський]

            priest of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk

            born: 22 June 1904 in Tovste, Zalishchyky (Ukraine)

            died: 19 June 1941 at the Lontsky Street Prison, Lviv (Ukraine)

5.        PETRO PASTUKH

            [Петро Пастух]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 22 November 1908 in Lysivci, Zalishckyky, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 21 June 1941 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

6.        YOSYF BUCHYNS’KYI

            [Йосиф Бучинський]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

            born: 05 September 1891 in Zastavja, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 26 June 1941 at the Brygidki Prison, Lviv (Ukraine)

7.        YOSYF HRYCHAI

            [Йосиф Грицай]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

            born: 1883 in Kydanci, Zbarazh , Ternopil (Ukraine)

8.        MYKOLA KOSOVYCH

            [Микола Косович]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 11 November 1901 in Rozdil, Mykolaiv (Ukraine)

9.        MARIAN KASHUBA

            [Маріян Кашуба]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil

            born: 21 December 1909 in Velyki Haji, Ternopil (Ukraine)

10.      HRYHORII KMET’

            [Григорій Кметь]

            deacon of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

            born: 1894 in Chernysh, Zboriv (Ukraine)

            died: 28 June 1941 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

11.      ANTON RYCHAKIVS’KYI

            [Антон Ричаківський]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

            born: 1903 in Zabolotivka, Chortkiv, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 03 July 1941 in Uhryn’, Chortkiv, Ternopil (Ukraine)

12.      ANDRII BANDERA

            [Андрій Бандера]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 11 December 1882 in Stryj, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 08 July 1941 in Kyiv (Ukraine)

13.      STEPAN KNYSH

            [Степан Книш]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 30 July 1898 in Stanislavchyk, Brody (Ukraine)

            disappeared: 01 May 1944 in Saratov (Russia)

14.      PETRO KORDUBA

            [Петро Кордуба]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

            born: 09 October 1870 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 08 September 1944 in Krasnoyarsk (Russia)

15.     ROMAN KHOMYN (RAFAIL)

            [РОМАН Хомин (Рафаїл)]

            professed priest, Ukrainian Studite Monks

            born: 05 January 1907 in Piddnistryany, Stryi, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 15 October 1944 near Lypa, Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk  (Ukraine)

16.      MYKHAILO MARTYNIUK (MARTYN) 

            [Михайло Мартинюк (Мартин)]

            professed priest, Ukrainian Studite Monks

            born: 1908 in Radcha, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

            died: February 1945 in Radcha, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

17.      AVHUSTYN VOLOSHYN

            [Августин Волошин]

            priest of the eparchy of Mukachevo; married

            born: 17 March 1874 in Kelecyn, Zakarpatsk (Ukraine)

            died: 11 July 1945 at the Lefortovo prison, Moscow (Russia)

18.      MYKOLA HALIANT

            [Микола Галянт]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 26 November 1875 in Kuty, Busk, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 17 September 1945 in Lviv (Ukraine)

19.      STEFANIA LEVYTS’KA TARANTIUK

            [Стефанія Левицька Тарантюк]

            layperson of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk; married

            born: 28 November 1906 in Fyt᾽kiv, Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

            died: 25 October 1945 in Nehivci, Vojnyliv, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

20.      HRYHORII KHAMCHUK

            [Григорій Хамчук]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil

            born: 12 October 1885 in Mali Chornokintsi, Chortkiv, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 19 May 1946 in Kherson (Ukraine)

21.      YOSYF YARYMOVYCH

            [Йосиф Яримович]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

            born: 09 June 1882 in Novosilka, Pidhaitsi (Ukraine)

            died: 30 June 1946 in Kherson (Ukraine)

22.      VASYL’ LONCHYNA

            [Василь Лончина]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 01 February 1886 in Derniv, Kamjanka-Buzka

                        (a.k.a. Kamjanka Strumylova), Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 21 November 1946 in Makejevka, Dontesk (Ukraine)

23.      DANIIL VASYL’ KYSILEVS’KYI

            [Даниїл Василь Кисілевський]

            priest of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk; married

            born: 12 February 1902 in Roshniv, Tysmenytsia (Ukraine)

            died: 06 September 1947 in Ukhta, Vorkuta, Komi (Russia)

24.      PETRO MEKELYTA

            [Петро Мекелита]

            priest of the archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa; married

            born: 13 June 1868 in Butyny, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 30 September 1947 in Lviv (Ukraine)

25.      TEODOR NIMYLOVYCH

            [Теодор Німилович]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 1889 in Drohobych, Lviv (Ukraine)

26.      OLHA KAPKO NIMYLOVYCH

            [ОЛЬГА КАПКО Німилович]

            layperson of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born:

            died: 25 October 1947 in Unyatychi, Drohobych, Lviv (Ukraine)

27.      IVAN ROZUMNII

            [Іван Розумний]

            priest of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk

            born: 1891 in Korniv, Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

            died: 13 May 1948 in Nihzni Poima, Krasnoyarsk (Russia)

28.      YOSYF OSTASHEVS’KYI

            [Йосиф Осташевський]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 14 August 1890 in Lesniv, Brody, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 02 October 1948 in Kharkiv (Ukraine)

29.      VOLODOMYR CHUBATYI

            [Володимир Чубатий]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

            born: 09 January 1895 in Haji Khodorovs’ki, Baykivtsi, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 07 May 1949 in Vorkuta, Komi (Russia)

30.      MYKHAILO OSADCHA

            [Михайло Осадца]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 1887 in Voloschyna, Berezhany, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 14 November 1951 in Abez’, Vorkuta, Komi (Russia)

31.      MARIA TEODOROVYCH-POLYANS’KA (MONIKA)

            [Марія Теодорович-Полянська (Моніка)]

            widow; professed religious, Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great

            born: 28 May 1885 in Ivanykivka, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

            died: 25 December 1951 in Markovo, Chuvashskaya (Russia)

32.      VOLODYMYR SLIUZAR

            [Володимир Слюсар]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

            born: 1898 in Kolodijivka, Pidvolochys’k, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 26 March 1952 in Komi (Russia)

33.      MARIAN HALAN

            [Мар’ян Галан]

            professed religious, Redemptorists

            born: 28 September 1927 in Zhyrivka, Pustomyty, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 05 June 1952 in Stavropol (Russia)

34.      STEPAN CHEKHOVS’KYI

            [Степан Чеховський]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

            born: 21 August 1884 in Sniatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

            died: 30 June 1952 in Yavas, Zubovo-Polyansky, Mordovia (Russia)

35.      PETRO LUTSYK (PORFYRII)

            [Петро Луцик (Порфирій)]

            professed priest, Basilians of Saint Josaphat

            born: 05 January 1896 in Parkhac, Červonohrad (a.k.a. Krystynopoli),

                        Volynsk (Ukraine)

            died: 09 August 1952 in Novosibirsk (Russia)

36.      MYKHAILO HORECHKO

            [Михайло Горечко]

            priest of the archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa

            born: 19 October 1900 in Jaksmanicei, Medyka (Poland)

            died: 14 January 1953 in Jonka, Khabarovsk (Russia)

37.      MYKHAILO VOVCHYK

            [Михайло Вовчик]

            priest of the archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa; married

            born: 05 June 1892 in Stary Sambir, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 05 November 1953 in Schelhovka, Donetsk (Ukraine)

38.      STEPAN VENHRYNOVYCH

            [Степан Венгринович]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

            born: 07 April 1897 in Chyrzynka, Krzywcza (Poland)

            died: 19 June 1954 in Dzonka, Khabarovsk (Russia)

39.      OMELIAN HORCHYNS’KYI

            [Омелян Горчинський]

            priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

            born: 21 November 1888 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 27 July 1954 in Potma, Mordovia (Russia)

40.      PETRO OLENS’KYI (PAVLO)

            [Петро Оленський (Павло)]

            professed priest, Basilians of Saint Josaphat

            born: 18 June 1888 in Hrusyatychi, Zhidachev, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 02 March 1955 in Siberia (Russia)

41.      YOSYF ZAVADIAK (VASYL’)

            [Йосиф Завадяк (ВАСИЛЬ)]

            professed priest, Basilians of Saint Josaphat

            born: 23 February 1911 in Novoselycja, Mizhgirja, Zakarpatsk (Ukraine)

            died: 04 December 1958 in Rokosovo, Khust, Zakarpatsk (Ukraine)

42.      ANTONII KAZNOVS’KYI

            [Антоній Казновський]

            priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

            born: 28 July 1878 in Buchach, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 13 February 1959 in Mariupoli (a.k.a. Zdanov), Donetsk (Ukraine)

43.      ANATOLII HURHULA

            [Анатолій Гургула]

            priest of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk; married

            born: 15 July 1905 in Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

44.      IRINA DURBAK HURHULA

            [Ірина Дурбак Гургула]

            layperson of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk; married

            born: 1908 in Burkaniv, Terebovlia, Ternopil (Ukraine)

            died: 27 February 1980 in Tomashivtsi, Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

45.      MARIA SHVEDA

            [Марія Шведа]

            layperson of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

            born: 17 October 1954 in Rudky, Yaremkov, Lviv (Ukraine)

            died: 29 September 1982 in Lviv (Ukraine)

competent forum: Lviv of the Ukrainians

CCS protocol number: 2479 (*  formerly prot. no. 2480; ** formerly prot. no. 2481)

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 06 July 2002

opening of eparchial inquiry:

closing of eparchial inquiry:

decree on validity of eparchial inquiry:

publication of Positio:

session of historical consultors:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator:

petitioner: Ukrain’ska Greko-Katolits’ka Tserkva, pl. Sviatoho Yura 5, L’viv 79000, UKRAINE

                      [Українська Греко-Католицька Церква, пл. Святого Юра 5, Львів 79000, Україна]

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