Stepan Vaprovych

Stepan Vaprovych (Ukrainian: Степан Вапрович; 1 May 1899 – 2 March 1964) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic clandestine hierarch. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk from 1945 to 1964.

Stepan Vaprovych
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk (auxiliary)
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
AppointedApril 1945
Orders
Ordination1926 (Priest)
by Bl. Hryhoriy Khomyshyn
ConsecrationApril 1945 (Bishop)
by Bl. Hryhoriy Khomyshyn
Personal details
Birth nameStepan Vaprovych
Born(1899-05-01)1 May 1899
Ivane-Puste, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, now Ukraine
DiedMarch 2, 1964(1964-03-02) (aged 64)
Ivane-Puste, Soviet Union, now Ukraine

Biography

Born in Ivane-Puste, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (present-day – Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) in 1899 and was ordained a priest on 1926 by Blessed Bishop Hryhoriy Khomyshyn.[1] After ordination he served a short time in the village Tsenyava and then, from 1927, as missionary priest in Apóstoles, Argentina. After returning in Ukraine from 1935 until 1939 Fr. Vaprovych was a prefect in the Stanislaviv Theological Seminary, and from 1939 until 1941 served as priest in the Apostolic Exarchate of Lemkowszczyzna.[1] He was arrested, because the Communist regime persecuted and abolished the Greek-Catholic Church, and exiled in Siberia in 1945. after returning he worked as carpenter and constructor and served as clandestine bishop until his death.[1]

In April 1945 Fr. Vaprovych 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 his native village on 2 March 1964.

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References
  1. Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1988). Ukrainian Catholic clergy in diaspora (1751-1988). Rome. p. 242.
  2. "Bishop Stepan Vaprovyč". catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-12-07.
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