About Vasyl Popovych
Lived 1796 – 1864 (aged 68). Vasyl Popovych was a Hungarian catholic priest, catholic deacon, catholic bishop and politician.
Vasyl Popovych (, ; 12 September 1796 – 19 October 1864) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1837 to 1864.
Born in Velyki Komyaty, Austrian Empire (present day – Ukraine) in 1796, he was ordained a priest on 10 April 1820. He was confirmed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 2 October 1837. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 18 March 1838. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Mykhajlo Levitsky.
He died in Uzhhorod on 19 October 1864.
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Who was Vasyl Popovych?
Austrian clergyman (1796–1864)
When was Vasyl Popovych born?
Vasyl Popovych was born on 12 September 1796 in Veliki Komiati.
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Vasyl Popovych died on 19 October 1864 in Uzhhorod.
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Vasyl Popovych was a catholic priest, catholic deacon, catholic bishop and politician.
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Vasyl Popovych was Hungarian.
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