Petro Kozak
Petro Kozak, C.Ss.R. (Ukrainian: Петро Козак; 4 April 1911 – 9 December 1984) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv from 1983 to 1984.
Petro Kozak | |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv (auxiliary) | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 1983 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 July 1937 (Priest) by Bl. Nicholas Charnetsky |
| Consecration | 1983 (Bishop) by Volodymyr Sterniuk |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Petro Kozak |
| Born | 4 April 1911 Loshniv, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, now Ukraine |
| Died | 9 December 1984 (aged 73) Vodyane, Soviet Union, now Zymna Voda, Ukraine |
Born in Loshniv, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day – Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) in 1911 and in 1931 joined the missionary Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.[1] He was professed on 26 June 1932, solemn professed on 21 September 1935 and was ordained a priest on 25 July 1937 by Blessed Bishop Nicholas Charnetsky, C.Ss.R. during his studies in Belgium.[1] He was imprisoned in May 1950, because the Communist regime abolished the Greek-Catholic Church, and exiled to Siberia. Released from prison in October 1960 and clandestinely continued to serve as priest.[1]
On 1983 Fr. Kozak was consecrated to the Episcopate as auxiliary bishop. The principal and single consecrator was clandestine archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk.[2]
He died on 9 December 1984.
References
- Некролог Львівської провінції: Грудень (in Ukrainian). Official Site of the Ukrainian Province of the Redemptorists. 2016-07-09.
- "Bishop Petro Kozak, C.SS.R." catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-07-09.