Pavol Peter Gojdič

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Pavol Peter Gojdič, Bishop of Prešov (1927–1960)
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Pavol Peter Gojdič OSBM (* July 17, 1888 in Ruské Pekľany near Prešov ; † July 17, 1960 in Leopoldov , Czechoslovakia ) was Greek Catholic Bishop of Prešov from 1927 until his death in 1960 and was appointed on November 4, 2001 by Pope John Paul II beatified .

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Pavol Peter Gojdič received on August 11, 1911 by Bishop Ján Vályi the ordination for the eparchy Prešov . On January 27, 1923 he was accepted into the religious order of the Basilians of St. Josaphat incardinated .

On September 14, 1926 he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Prešov Eparchy. On March 7, 1927, Pope Pius XI appointed him . as titular bishop of Harpasa . The bishop of Križevci , Dionisije Njaradi , donated him episcopal consecration on March 25th of the same year. Co - consecrators were the Vicar Apostolic for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in the United States, Constantine Bohacewskyi , and the Bishop of Przemyśl-Sambir and Sanok , Josaphat Kocylovskyj OSBM. It was not until April 11, 1940 that Gojdič became a regular diocesan bishop of Prešov.

Gojdič was the only Slovak bishop to publicly protest against the Holocaust during World War II . In addition, he had hundreds of Jews pro forma baptized to save them from genocide. In 2008, Bishop Gojdič was posthumously awarded the Righteousness Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial .

After the communist seizure of power in Czechoslovakia , Gojdič was arrested in 1950 along with his auxiliary bishop Vasiľ Hopko and other Greek Catholic clergy who opposed the oppression of their church by the state.

A show trial was conducted against Gojdič and the Catholic bishops Ján Vojtaššák and Michal Buzalka , during which he was sentenced to life imprisonment in January 1951. After years of martyrdom in captivity, Gojdič died on his 72nd birthday in Leopoldov's prison hospital .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20011104_beatification_en.html Beatification of eight servants of God, sermon Pope John Paul II on November 4, 2001
  2. ^ Slovak bishop posthumously honored as the savior of the Jews of Israel
  3. ↑ Pavol Peter Gojdič on the website of Yad Vashem (English)

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SURNAME Gojdič, Pavol Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gojdic, Pavel Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek Catholic Bishop of Prešov
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Ruské Pekľany near Prešov
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1960
Place of death Leopoldov , Czechoslovakia