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Basil Shereghy (1918 – 1988) was a leading

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and

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, as well as a cultural activist for

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in the

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. He was born in Dorobratovo,

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(historic

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(1918–1939),

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(1939–45), now

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). Ordained in 1942 in the Eparchy of

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, he taught in the

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seminary in

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during

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. In 1946 he emigrated to the US, serving for the rest of his life in the

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. He worked as a professor of language and liturgy at the

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. He also was a longtime editor (1970–1986) of the diocesan newspaper '' Byzantine Catholic World'', which he co-founded.

Death

He died on 16 June 1988 in Pittsburgh.

Books

* ''What Are Greek Catholics?'', (Lisle, Ill.: The Byzantine-Slavonic Publications Committee, 1948) * ''Vospitanije podkarpato-ruskoho svjaščenstva / The training of Carpatho-Ruthenian clergy'', co-author with Basil Pekar, (Pittsburgh: Byzantine Seminary Press, 1951) * ''Greek Catholic Dictionary'', (Pittsburgh: Byzantine Seminary Press, 1951) * ''The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Ruthenian Form'', (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1961) * ''The Liturgical Year of the Byzantine-Slavonic Rite'', (Pittsburgh: Byzantine Seminary Press, 1968) * ''A Historical Album Compiled on the Occasion of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Societies'', editor, (McKeesport, Pa.: United Societies of the U.S.A., 1978) * ''Bishop Basil Takach "The Good Shepherd"'', (Pittsburgh: Byzantine Seminary Press, 1979) * ''The Byzantine Catholics'', (Pittsburgh: Byzantine Seminary Press, 1981)

References

External links

Online copy of ''The Byzantine Catholics'', Shereghy's final book
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shereghy, Basil American people of Rusyn descent 1918 births 1988 deaths American Eastern Catholics Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States Religious leaders from Pittsburgh Christianity in Pittsburgh Editors of Christian publications Ruthenian Greek Catholics People from Zakarpattia Oblast