Hryhoriy Balahurak, O.S.B.M. | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (auxiliary) | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | April 1945 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 21 May 1936 (Priest) by Bl. Josaphat Kotsylovsky |
| Consecration | April 1945 (Bishop) by Bl. Hryhoriy Khomyshyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Volodymyr Balahurak 5 July 1909 |
| Died | October 2, 1965 (aged 56) Korkino, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Soviet Union, now Russian Federation |
Hryhoriy Volodymyr Balahurak, O.S.B.M. (Ukrainian: Григорій Володимир Балагурак; 5 July 1909 – 2 October 1965) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk from 1945 to 1965.
Life
Born in Stanislaviv, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (present-day – Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine) in 1909 and in 1925 joined the religious Order of Saint Basil the Great.[1] He was professed on 1 May 1927, solemn professed on 16 December 1934 and was ordained a priest on 21 May 1936 by Blessed Bishop Josaphat Kotsylovsky. After ordination he served a short time in the monastery in his native Stanislaviv and then, from 1938, as parish priest in Krystynopol. From 1941 until 1945 Fr. Hryhoriy was a superior in the monastery in Stanislaviv.[1] He was arrested, because the Communist regime abolished the Greek-Catholic Church, and exiled in Siberia in October 1949. Released in 1955, but the second time arrested in 1957 and imprisoned until his death.[1]
In April 1945 Fr. Balahurak was consecrated to the Episcopate as auxiliary bishop. The principal and single consecrator was Blessed Bishop Hryhoriy Khomyshyn, who a short time later was arrested and imprisoned by Communists.[2]
He died in exile on 2 October 1965.
References
- 1 2 3 ЄПИСКОП – СТРАДНИК (in Ukrainian). Official Site of the Hutsylskyi Kray newspaper. 2016-12-01.
- ↑ "Bishop Grygory Balahurak, O.S.B.M." catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-12-01.