Ivan Bradach,

O.S.B.M. The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...

( uk, Іван Брадач, hu, Bradács János; 14 February 1732 – 4 July 1772) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the titular bishop of

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and last Vicar Apostolic for the Ruthenians from 1768 to 1771 and the first eparchial bishop of the new created

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from 1771 to 1772. Born in Torysky,

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(present day –

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) in 1732, he was

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on 30 September 1755 for the

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. Ivan Bradach was an older brother of a future Bishop

Mykhaylo Bradach Mykhaylo Bradach ( uk, Михайло Брадач; 2 April 1748 – 20 December 1815) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was titular bishop of Dorylaeum, auxiliary bishop (from 1808) and Apostolic Administrator of the Ruthenian Catholic E ...

and nephew of Bishops Stefan Olshavskyi and Manuil Olshavskyi. At the death of his predecessor, he was appointed, on 27 January 1768 as general vicar by the Latin bishop of Eger and the Vicar Apostolic for the Ruthenians with titular see of

. He was

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to the

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on 20 April 1768. The principal

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was Bishop Meletie Covaci. On 23 September 1771 Bishop Bradach was confirmed as the first bishop of the Eparchy of Mukacheve. He died in

Mukacheve Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ...

on 4 July 1772.

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1732 births 1772 deaths People from Levoča District 18th-century Eastern Catholic bishops Bishops of the Uniate Church of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Order of Saint Basil the Great {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub