Ivan Ljavinec

Ivan Ljavinec (18 April 1923 9 December 2012) was a Czech hierarch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church.

Ivan Ljavinec
Titular Bishop of Acalissus
ChurchRuthenian Greek Catholic Church
DioceseApostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic
SeeTitular See of Acalissus
In office1996 - 2012
PredecessorBenigno Chiriboga
Successorvacant
Orders
Ordination28 July 1946
by Theodore Romzha
Consecration30 March 1996
by Miroslav Stefan Marusyn
Personal details
Born(1923-04-18)18 April 1923
Volovec, Czechoslovakia (present day Ukraine)
Died9 December 2012(2012-12-09) (aged 89)
Žernůvka, Czech Republic

Ljavinec was born in Volovec, Czechoslovakia (now in Ukraine) and ordained a priest on 28 July 1946. Ljavinec was appointed titular bishop of Acalissus as well as Apostolic Exarch of the Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic on 18 January 1996 and consecrated a bishop on 30 March 1996. Ljavinec retired as apostolic exarch on 23 April 2003.

He lived as the Apostolic Exarch emeritus in the House of St. Elżbeta in Žernůvka, Czech Republic, where died. His body was transferred in Ukraine and, on 15 December 2012, buried in his native Volovec.


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