Hryhorij Lakota
Ukrainian martyr, blessed (1883–1950)
Feast: 2 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the prison camp of the town of Abez in Siberia in Russia, Blessed Hryhorij Lakota, bishop of Przemyśl and martyr, who, during the oppression of his homeland by persecutors of the faith, overcame the sufferings of the body by a fearless death in the name of 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 5 November as the bishop of Przemyśl who died a martyr in the prison camp at Abez in Siberia.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 5 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q549324 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hryhoriy Lakota (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.