The Second Bishop of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, Monsignor Innocent Hilarion Lotocky was born on November 3, 1915 in Petlykiwci Stari, Ukraine, and following his graduation from the elementary school of his native village pursued his studies under the Basilian Fathers, graduating in 1932. Entering the novitiate of the named Fathers in Krekhiv later that year, taking the monastic name of Innocent, he took his first vows in 1934 and his perpetual vows on August 8, 1937, in Dobromyl.
Ordained to the priesthood on November 24, 1940 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, he successively earned a doctorate in theology from Vienna. In November 1946, Lotocky led pastoral work among the Ukrainian Catholics in Belgium, and at the end of the year went to the United States, serving as novitiate master in Dawson, Philadelphia, until 1951, when he was elected Provincial Superior of the American Province of the Basilian Order, based in New York. Assigned to the Ukrainian parish church of St. George in 1958, in January 1960, he became abbot of the Basilian Monastery of Chicago, and in November 1961, pastor of the church of St. Nicholas. On August 1, 1962, he was transferred to the position of abbot and pastor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin in Hemtremk, Ukraine.
Pope John Paul II appointed him the Second Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, receiving his episcopal consecration in Rome from Cardinal Josyf Slipyj assisted by Bishops Basil Harry Losten and Nilus Nicholas Savaryn OSBM. Retiring from office at 77 years of age on July 2, 1993, in his retirement he served as chaplain of the Club Seniors at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Chicago.
Bishop Lotocky passed unexpectedly away at the venerable age of 97, on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at 11.09 am. Requiem Mass was said at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Chicago on Saturday, July 13, at 10 hrs., followed by interment at the cemetery of St. Nicholas in Chicago.
Ordained to the priesthood on November 24, 1940 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, he successively earned a doctorate in theology from Vienna. In November 1946, Lotocky led pastoral work among the Ukrainian Catholics in Belgium, and at the end of the year went to the United States, serving as novitiate master in Dawson, Philadelphia, until 1951, when he was elected Provincial Superior of the American Province of the Basilian Order, based in New York. Assigned to the Ukrainian parish church of St. George in 1958, in January 1960, he became abbot of the Basilian Monastery of Chicago, and in November 1961, pastor of the church of St. Nicholas. On August 1, 1962, he was transferred to the position of abbot and pastor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin in Hemtremk, Ukraine.
Pope John Paul II appointed him the Second Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, receiving his episcopal consecration in Rome from Cardinal Josyf Slipyj assisted by Bishops Basil Harry Losten and Nilus Nicholas Savaryn OSBM. Retiring from office at 77 years of age on July 2, 1993, in his retirement he served as chaplain of the Club Seniors at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Chicago.
Bishop Lotocky passed unexpectedly away at the venerable age of 97, on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at 11.09 am. Requiem Mass was said at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Chicago on Saturday, July 13, at 10 hrs., followed by interment at the cemetery of St. Nicholas in Chicago.
The Second Bishop of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, Monsignor Innocent Hilarion Lotocky was born on November 3, 1915 in Petlykiwci Stari, Ukraine, and following his graduation from the elementary school of his native village pursued his studies under the Basilian Fathers, graduating in 1932. Entering the novitiate of the named Fathers in Krekhiv later that year, taking the monastic name of Innocent, he took his first vows in 1934 and his perpetual vows on August 8, 1937, in Dobromyl.
Ordained to the priesthood on November 24, 1940 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, he successively earned a doctorate in theology from Vienna. In November 1946, Lotocky led pastoral work among the Ukrainian Catholics in Belgium, and at the end of the year went to the United States, serving as novitiate master in Dawson, Philadelphia, until 1951, when he was elected Provincial Superior of the American Province of the Basilian Order, based in New York. Assigned to the Ukrainian parish church of St. George in 1958, in January 1960, he became abbot of the Basilian Monastery of Chicago, and in November 1961, pastor of the church of St. Nicholas. On August 1, 1962, he was transferred to the position of abbot and pastor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin in Hemtremk, Ukraine.
Pope John Paul II appointed him the Second Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, receiving his episcopal consecration in Rome from Cardinal Josyf Slipyj assisted by Bishops Basil Harry Losten and Nilus Nicholas Savaryn OSBM. Retiring from office at 77 years of age on July 2, 1993, in his retirement he served as chaplain of the Club Seniors at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Chicago.
Bishop Lotocky passed unexpectedly away at the venerable age of 97, on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at 11.09 am. Requiem Mass was said at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Chicago on Saturday, July 13, at 10 hrs., followed by interment at the cemetery of St. Nicholas in Chicago.
Ordained to the priesthood on November 24, 1940 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, he successively earned a doctorate in theology from Vienna. In November 1946, Lotocky led pastoral work among the Ukrainian Catholics in Belgium, and at the end of the year went to the United States, serving as novitiate master in Dawson, Philadelphia, until 1951, when he was elected Provincial Superior of the American Province of the Basilian Order, based in New York. Assigned to the Ukrainian parish church of St. George in 1958, in January 1960, he became abbot of the Basilian Monastery of Chicago, and in November 1961, pastor of the church of St. Nicholas. On August 1, 1962, he was transferred to the position of abbot and pastor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin in Hemtremk, Ukraine.
Pope John Paul II appointed him the Second Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, receiving his episcopal consecration in Rome from Cardinal Josyf Slipyj assisted by Bishops Basil Harry Losten and Nilus Nicholas Savaryn OSBM. Retiring from office at 77 years of age on July 2, 1993, in his retirement he served as chaplain of the Club Seniors at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Chicago.
Bishop Lotocky passed unexpectedly away at the venerable age of 97, on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at 11.09 am. Requiem Mass was said at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Chicago on Saturday, July 13, at 10 hrs., followed by interment at the cemetery of St. Nicholas in Chicago.
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