1. Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr.
11 Facts About Josaphat Kotsylovsky
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Kotsylovsky was born 3 March 1876 in the village of Pakoszowka, of the Lemko Region, Sianok district, Kotsylovsky was of Lemko origin, and Ukrainian national orientation.
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Josaphat Kotsylovsky studied theology in Rome and graduated in 1907, later that year on 9 October he was ordained to the priesthood.
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On 23 September 1917 Josaphat Kotsylovsky was ordained bishop in Przemysl by Andrey Sheptytsky.
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Josaphat Kotsylovsky took steps to combat the rising Russophile movement by appointing Ukrainian priests and funding Ukrainian language journals.
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On 4 July 1943 Josaphat Kotsylovsky led a Mass in the name of the volunteers entering the 14th SS Division.
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In September 1945 the Polish security service arrested Josaphat Kotsylovsky, then released him and arrested him again in 1946.
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Josaphat Kotsylovsky died on 17 November 1947 in a prison camp near Kyiv.
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Josaphat Kotsylovsky was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.
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The relics of Josaphat Kotsylovsky are kept in the church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Stryi.
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Josaphat Kotsylovsky asked her 'to bury him in a separate grave, because this was a holy man.