About Andriy Ishchak
Lived 1887 – 1941 (aged 53). Andriy Ishchak was a catholic priest.
Andriy Ishchak (; 23 September 1887 – 26 June 1941) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and martyr.
Ishchak was born in the city of Mykolayiv in the Lviv Oblast. He studied theology at universities in Lviv (Ukraine) and Innsbruck (Austria). He received his doctorate of theology from the University of Innsbruck in 1914 and was ordained to the priesthood. He taught Dogmatic Theology and Canon Law at the Lviv Theological Academy from 1928, while serving as priest in the village of .
On 26 June 1941, he was killed in Sykhiv by soldiers of the retreating Soviet Army. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.
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Beatified Ukrainian (1887-1941)
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Andriy Ishchak was born on 23 September 1887 in Mykolaiv.
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Andriy Ishchak died on 26 June 1941 in Lviv.
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Andriy Ishchak was a catholic priest.
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