Ivan Margitych ( uk, Іван Маргітич; 4 February 1921 – 7 September 2003) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the

Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve The Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo is an eparchy (diocese) associated with the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church under an unidentified status and territory located in the west of Ukraine, roughly equivalent with Zakarpatska Oblast. The eparc ...

from 1987 to 2002 and titular bishop of Scopelus in Haemimonto from 1991 to 2003. Born in Velyka Chynhava,

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

(present day – Borzhavske,

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

) in 1921 in the peasant family of Anton Margitych and Tereza (née Kostak), he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

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on 18 August 1946 by Blessed Bishop

Theodore Romzha Theodore George Romzha ( uk, Теодор Юрій Ромжа, hu, Romzsa Tódor György, 14 April 1911 – 31 October 1947) was the bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1944 to 1947. Assassinated by the NKVD, he was bea ...

for the

. He served as parish priest in

Rakhiv Rakhiv ( uk, Рахів, ; yi, ראַכעוו, hu, Rahó, ro, Rahău, rue, Рахово; see below) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (district). Population: ...

from 1946 to 1949, until the Communist regime abolished the Greek-Catholic Church. Fr. Margitych continued to serve in the time of persecutions and in 1951 was arrested by Communists and imprisoned in

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. Released from prison continued to work as clandestine priest and on 10 September 1987 was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

to the

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as auxiliary bishop. The principal

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was clandestine bishop

Sofron Dmyterko Sofron Dmyterko O.S.B.M. (1 June 1917 – 5 November 2008) was a Ukrainian Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Dmyterko was born in Bychkivtsi, Ukraine, ordained a priest in the Religious Order of Saint Basil the Great on 14 May 1942 a ...

. He was confirmed the auxiliary bishop by the

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and appointed as titular bishop of Scopelus in Haemimonto on 16 January 1991. Retired on 12 November 2002. He died in Pylypets,

Zakarpattia Oblast The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is ...

on 7 September 2003 while celebrated the Divine Liturgy.

References

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