Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky C.Ss.R. (1884-1959).Beatified on June 27, 2001
by Pope Saint John Paul II
Born in Semakivtsi, Western Ukraine. Ordained a priest 1909. Later joined the Redemptorists in 1919. Missioner for 5 years. Consecrated Bishop in 1931. Arrested in Lviv 1945. Tortured and humiliated, he was condemned to 15 years of forced labour in Siberia. Released in 1956 in a dying condition. He recovered, continued his ministry and died in Lviv, April 1959.
by Pope Saint John Paul II
Born in Semakivtsi, Western Ukraine. Ordained a priest 1909. Later joined the Redemptorists in 1919. Missioner for 5 years. Consecrated Bishop in 1931. Arrested in Lviv 1945. Tortured and humiliated, he was condemned to 15 years of forced labour in Siberia. Released in 1956 in a dying condition. He recovered, continued his ministry and died in Lviv, April 1959.
Blessed Nicholas Charnetsky C.Ss.R. (1884-1959).Beatified on June 27, 2001
by Pope Saint John Paul II
Born in Semakivtsi, Western Ukraine. Ordained a priest 1909. Later joined the Redemptorists in 1919. Missioner for 5 years. Consecrated Bishop in 1931. Arrested in Lviv 1945. Tortured and humiliated, he was condemned to 15 years of forced labour in Siberia. Released in 1956 in a dying condition. He recovered, continued his ministry and died in Lviv, April 1959.
by Pope Saint John Paul II
Born in Semakivtsi, Western Ukraine. Ordained a priest 1909. Later joined the Redemptorists in 1919. Missioner for 5 years. Consecrated Bishop in 1931. Arrested in Lviv 1945. Tortured and humiliated, he was condemned to 15 years of forced labour in Siberia. Released in 1956 in a dying condition. He recovered, continued his ministry and died in Lviv, April 1959.
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