Pavlo Vasylyk ( uk, Павло Василик; 8 August 1926 – 12 December 2004) was a

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hierarch. He was clandestine bishop from 1974 to 1991, an auxiliary bishop of the

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk The Archparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (or Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians) is an Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' ( Byzantine rite in Ukrainian language) in Ukraine. It depends on the ...

from 1991 to 1993 and the first eparchial bishop of the new created Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi from 1993 until his death in 2004.

Biography

Born in Borysławka,

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(present-day –

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) on 1926 in the Greek-Catholic peasant family with 11 children. On 1945 was transferred in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

in time of the

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. On 1947 he was arrested and imprisoned in

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, until 1955. After his release was

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on 18 November 1956 by Blessed Bishop

Nicholas Charnetsky Nicholas Charnetsky, Mykolai Charnetskyi or Mykolay Charnetsky ( uk, Миколай Чарнецький; December 14, 1884 – April 2, 1959) was a member of the Redemptorists (Congregation of the Holy Redeemer), a religious congregation in the B ...

. After ordination he served a short time in the clandestine parishes of the

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and

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, until his second arrest on 1959. He was again imprisoned in

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Mordovia The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...

and released on 1964, but remained in exile until 1969. On 1 May 1974 Fr. Vasylyk was

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to the

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as auxiliary bishop. The principal and single

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was clandestine bishop Yosafat Fedoryk. Bishop Vasylyk was among these persons, who on 4 August 1987 made a declaration about exit from clandestinity of the

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , native_name_lang = uk , caption_background = , image = StGeorgeCathedral Lviv.JPG , imagewidth = , type = Particular church (sui iuris) , alt = , caption = St. George's C ...

. On 20 April 1993 he was appointed as the first bishop of the new created Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi. He died on 12 December 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vasylyk, Pavlo 1926 births 2004 deaths People from Przemyśl County People from Lwów Voivodeship 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ukrainian Eastern Catholics Prisoners and detainees of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class