Historical FigureMale
Vasyl Velyčkovskyj
1903 – 1973
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryVasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, CSsR was a Ukrainian religious priest of the Redemptorists and a prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He is considered a martyr in the Catholic Church, due to his death in 1973 of injuries sustained while imprisoned by the Soviet Union for his faith. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 1, 1903
Ivano-Frankivsk
Date of death
June 30, 1973
Winnipeg
Citizenship
West Ukrainian People's Republic · Austria–Hungary · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
Greek-Catholic priestCatholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
- Field and occupation
- biskup, mučedník
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