Milan Šašik, CM (17 September 1952 – 14 July 2020) was a

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hierarch from

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who served as

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of the Eparchy of Mukachevo from 2010 until his death in 2020.

Biography

He was born on 17 September 1952 in Lehota, Slovakia. After primary and secondary schools in 1971 - 1976, he was student rates

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and

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in the Major Seminary in

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. On July 31, 1971 he entered the missionary Congregation of

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s, and on September 27, 1973 he made his perpetual vows. On 6 June 1976 he was ordained a

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. Later, he served in a variety of pastoral work, was originally chaplain, then - the pastor. With permission from the

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, Fr. Milan Šašik served in two

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s: the

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and the

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. From 1990 to 1992, he studied at the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality "Teresianum" in

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where he received a master's degree. On October 5, 1992 to 7 July 1998, he worked at the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine. Then within a year he was director of the novitiate of the Congregation of the Lazarist Fathers in Slovakia. In August 2000 he returned to Ukraine and became a pastor in

Perechyn Perechyn (, ; ; ) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It was the administrative centre of the former Perechyn Raion (district). It is now part of the Uzhhorod Raion. Today the population is Names There are several alternative names used f ...

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. On November 12, 2002, Pope

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appointed Fr. Milan

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of Bononia, Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis, Eparchy of Mukachevo Greek Catholic Church. On 6 January 2003 in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was his

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. He received Ukrainian citizenship in 2009 and the next year was appointed Eparchial Bishop of the same eparchy. In addition to his native Slovak, he spoke Ukrainian,

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and

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. He was of Ruthenian ethnicity.Kyic Post: "Greek Catholic bishop: 'Many people have lost their lives for this church'" by Mark Rachkevych
November 6, 2015 He died in 2020.

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МІЛАН (Шашік)
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