Bishop Oleksandr Stoyka

Oleksandr Stoyka (Ukrainian: Олександр Стойка, Rusyn: Александер Стойка, Hungarian: Sztojka Sándor; 16 October 1890 – 31 May 1943) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1932 to 1943.

Born in Karachyn, Austria-Hungary (present day – Ukraine) in 1890, he was ordained a priest on 17 December 1916. He was appointed the Bishop by the Holy See on 3 May 1932. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 12 July 1932. The principal consecrator was Blessed Bishop Pavel Peter Gojdič, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Józef Cársky and Bishop Ivan Bucko.[1]

He died in Uzhhorod on 31 May 1943.

References

  1. ↑ "Bishop Alexander Stojka". catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-04-25.


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