Hryhorij Lakota

Hryhory Lakota, Lakota Gregor, (Ukrainian: Григорій Лакота, Polish: Grzegorz Lakota, born January 31, 1883 in Holodivka at Lemberg; † November 12, 1950 in Vorkuta, Russia) was auxiliary bishop of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic church in Przemysl. He was proclaimed by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001 on the martyrs and saints.

Life

Hryhory Lakota studied theology in Lviv and was ordained a priest in 1908. In 1911 he earned his doctorate at the University of Vienna as a doctor of theology. Since 1913 he taught at the seminary in Przemysl and was its rector. On 10 February 1926 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Przemysl and appointed Titular Bishop of Daonium. Archbishop Andreas Alexander Szeptycki of Lviv consecrated him bishop on 16 May 1926.

Martyrdom and Beatification

Bishop Lakota was captured on June 9, 1946 by the Soviet rulers and sentenced to 10 years in prison. His captivity began in the labor camp Abez near the northern Russian city of Vorkuta. On November 12, 1950, he died in the prison camp. Pope John Paul II spoke Hryhory Lakota and twenty-four other martyrs blessed. The common ecclesiastical Remembrance Day was on April 2, the anniversary of the death of Blessed Mykolay Charnetskyi determined.

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