Gregor Lakota

Blessed Gregor Lakota was a Byzantine Rite Catholic beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001 in Ukraine. He was born 31 January 1893 in Holodivka. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl on 16 May 1926. On June 9, 1946, he was arrested and sentenced to ten years imprisonment, as part of Stalin's suppression of the Uniate church. He was martyred at Abez, near Vorkuta on 12 November 1950.
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pl:Hryhorij Łakota
uk:Лакота Григорій