Josaphat Kotsylovsky
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Blessed Josaphat Kotsylovsky |
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| Eparch of Przemyśl | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 29 January 1917 |
| Term ended | 17 November 1947 |
| Predecessor | Konstantyn Czechowicz |
| Successor | Ivan Choma |
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| Ordination | 9 Oct 1907 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 23 Sep 1917 (Bishop) by Andrey Sheptytsky |
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| Born | 3 March 1876 Pakoszowka, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,  Austria-Hungary
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| Died | 17 November 1947 near Kiev,  Ukrainian SSR
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| Sainthood | |
| Beatified | 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II |
Blessed Josaphat Joseph Kotsylovsky (Ukrainian: Йосафат Йосиф Коциловський) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr.
Kotsylovsky was born 3 March 1876 in the village of Pakoszowka (then Austria-Hungary, now Poland), of the Lemko Region. Kotsylovsky was of Lemko origin, and Ukrainian national orientation. He studied theology in Rome and graduated in 1907, later that year on 9 October he was ordained to the priesthood. Soon after, he was made vice-rector and professor of theology at the Greek-Catholic seminary in Stanislaviv.
On 2 October 1911 he entered the Order of Saint Basil the Great. On September 23, 1917, Kotsylovsky was ordained bishop in Przemyśl by Andrey Sheptytsky. As bishop, he worked to improve the church's educational system and supported monastic orders. He also took steps to combat the rising Russophile movement by appointing Ukrainian priests and funding Ukrainian language journals.
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