Stefan_Pankovych

Stefan Pankovych

Stefan Pankovych

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Stefan Pankovych (Ukrainian: Стефан Панкович, Hungarian: Pankovics István; 29 October 1820 – 29 August 1874) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1867 to 1874.

Bishop Stefan Pankovych

Born in Veľaty, Austrian Empire (present day – Slovakia) in 1820, he was ordained a priest on 27 August 1851. He was confirmed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 22 February 1867. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 5 May 1867. The principal consecrator was Bishop Jozef Gaganec.[1]

He died in Uzhhorod on 29 August 1874.


References

  1. "Bishop Stefano Pankovics". catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-04-26.
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