Josaphat Kotsylovsky
Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and martyr (1876–1947)
Feast: 17 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Chapaivka in the territory of Kiev in Ukraine, Blessed Josaphat Kotsylovsky, bishop of Przemyśl and martyr, who, during the oppression of his homeland under an atheist regime, gave up his soul to God as a faithful disciple 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 17 November as the bishop of Przemyśl who died a martyr under an atheist regime.
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, 17 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q392334 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Josaphat Kotsylovsky (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.