Andriy Ishchak

Blessed 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.Biographies of twenty five Greek-Catholic Servants of God at the website of the Vatican He studied theology in Lviv and Innsbruck. He received his doctorate of theology from the University of Innsbruck in 1914 and was ordained to the priesthood.Beatification of the Servants of God on June 27, 2001 at the website of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church He taught at the Lviv Theological Academy from 1928, while serving as priest in the village of Sykhiv.
On 26 June 1941, he was killed by soldiers of the retreating Soviet Army. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001.
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uk:Іщак Андрій
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Category:Ukrainian Greek Catholics
Category:Beatified people
Category:Eastern Catholic victims of Soviet repressions
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs