Sofron Stefan Mudry, O.S.B.M (27 November 1923 – 31 October 2014) was a

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of the

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. Sofron Stefan Mudry was born in Zolochiv, Poland, was ordained a priest in the Religious

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on 25 December 1958. He was elected the

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to the

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on 2 March 1996 and ordained a bishop on 12 May 1996. Elected bishop to the

on 7 November 1997 and would remain in the post until his retirement on 2 June 2005.

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20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ukraine Order of Saint Basil the Great Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 1923 births 2014 deaths People from Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast People from Tarnopol Voivodeship Pontifical Oriental Institute alumni Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk {{UkrainianGreekCatholic-bishop-stub

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