[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

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

                died: 27 October 1937 in Magadan (Russia)

     3.        STEPAN KNYSH [Степан Книш]

                priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

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

                died: 23-24 June 1940 in Nyvytsi, Radekhiv (Ukraine)

     4.        IVAN TATARYNS’KYI [Іван Татаринський]

                priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

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

                died: October 1940 in Zolociv, Lviv (Ukraine)

     5.        MYKOLA KOSOVYCH [Микола Косович]

                priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

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

                died: ca. 12 June 1941 in Berezhany, L’viv (Ukraine)

     6.        PETRO PASTUKH [Петро Пастух]

                priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

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

                died: 21 June 1941 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

     7.        YOSYF HRYCHAI [Йосиф Грицай]

                priest of the eparchy of Ternopil

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

                died: 28 June 1941 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

     8.        MARIAN KASHUBA [Маріян Кашуба]

                priest of the eparchy of Ternopil

                born: 1909 in Velyki Haji, Ternopil (Ukraine)

                died: 28 June 1941 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

     9.        HRYHORII KMET’ [Григорій Кметь]

                deacon of the eparchy of Ternopil

                born: 1894 in Chernysh, Zboriv (Ukraine)

                died: 28 June 1941 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

    10.      ANTON RYCHAKIVS’KYI [Антон Ричаківський]

                priest of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk

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

                died: ca. 28 June 1941 in Uhryn’, Chortkiv, Ternopil (Ukraine)

    11.      YAROSLAV CHEMERYNS’KYI [Ярослав Чемеринський]

                priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

                born: 1906 in Tovste, Zalishchyky (Ukraine)

                died: June 1941 at the Lonts’koho Street Prison, Lviv (Ukraine)

    12.      YOSYF BUCHYNS’KYI [Йосиф Бучинський]

                priest of the eparchy of Ternopil’; married

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

                died: end of 1941 in Bryhidky prison, Lviv (Ukraine)

    13.      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)

    14.      PETRO KORDUBA [Петро Кордуба]

                priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

                born: 09 October 1870 in Ternopil (Ukraine)

                died: 08 September 1944 in Siberia (Russia)

     15.     ROMAN KHOMYN (RAFAIL) [РОМАН Хомин (Рафаїл)]

                professed priest, Ukrainian Studite Monks

                born: 05 January 1907 in Piddnistrjany, Zhydaciv, Lviv (Ukraine)

                died: 10 October 1944 in Kryvcyci, Lviv (Ukraine)

    16.      MYKHAILO MARTYNIUK (MARTYN) [Михайло Мартинюк (Мартин)]

                professed priest, Ukrainian Studite Monks

                born: 1908 in Radca, Lviv (Ukraine)

                died: February 1945 in Lviv (Ukraine)

    17.      AVHUSTYN VOLOSHYN [Августин Волошин]

                priest of the eparchy of Mukacheve

                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

                born: 1875 in Kuty, Lviv (Ukraine)

                died: 17 September 1945 in Lviv (Ukraine)

    19.      STEFANIA LEVYTS’KYI TARANTIUK [Стефанія Левицький Тарантюк]

                layperson of the eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk; married

                born: 28 November 1906 in Fit᾽kiv, Ivano-Frankivsk

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

    20.      YOSYF YARYMOVYCH [Йосиф Яримович]

                priest of the eparchy of Ternopil

                born: June 1882 in Korlyci, Przemyśl, Pokarpackie (Poland)

                died: February 1946 in Kharkiv (Ukraine)

    21.      HRYHORII KHAMCHUK [Григорій Хамчук]

                priest of the eparchy of Ternopil

                born: 1885 in Chornokinchi, Kopychynchi, Ternopil (Ukraine)

                died: 19 May 1946 in Qaraghandy (Kazakhstan)

    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, Ternopil (Ukraine)

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

    30.      MYKHAILO OSADCHA [Михайло Осадца]

                priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians

                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 priest, Redemptorists

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

                died: 05 June 1952 in Stavropol (Russia)

    34.      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)

    35.      MYKHAILO HORECHKO [Михайло Горечко]

                priest of the archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa

                born: 19 October 1900 in Yaksmanyci, Podkarpackie (Poland)

                died: 16 January 1953 in Khabarovsk (Russia)

    36.      MYKHAILO VOVCHYK [Михайло Вовчик]

                priest of the archeparchy of Przemyśl-Warszawa

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

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

    37.      STEPAN VENHRYNOVYCH [Степан Венгринович]

                priest of the archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainians; married

                born: 07 April 1897 in Khyrynka, Podkarpackie (Poland)

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

    38.      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)

    39.      STEPAN CHEKHOVS’KYI [Степан Чеховський]

                priest of the eparchy of Ternopil; married

                born: 1884 in Snjatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine)

                died: 1954 in 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: 23 July 1878 in Bucac, 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

                nihil obstat: 06 July 2002

                opening of diocesan inquiry:

                closing of diocesan inquiry:

                decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

                submission of Positio to CCS:

                session of historical consultants:

                particular meeting of theological consultors:

                session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 

                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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