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Andriy Ishchak
Beatified Ukrainian (1887-1941)
BlessedFull write-up
Born
1887
Died
1941
Beatified
27 June 2001
unverified
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
In the village of Sykhiv, also in the territory of Lviv, Blessed Andriy Ishchak, priest and martyr, who in the same period was shot for his faith in Christ.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 26 June as a priest shot near Lviv for his faith in Christ.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 26 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2073990 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Andriy Ishchak (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.