Bishop Yosyf Holovach †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Aug 1924		Born
14 Sep 1947	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
15 Mar 1983	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop
16 Jan 1991	66.4	Confirmed	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
16 Jan 1991	66.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimonto
18 Jun 2000	75.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

MicroData Summary
Yosyf Holovach
Bishop Yosyf Holovach
(born 11 Aug 1924, died 18 Jun 2000)
Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács)

Event Place
Birth Place Imstychovo, Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Ordained Bishop Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Death Place Onokivtsi, Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)

a priest for 52.7 years
a bishop for 17.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bl. Teodor Yuriy Romzha †
Titular Bishop of Appia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Oleksandr Khira (Chira) †
Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Oleksandr Khira (Chira) † (1945)
Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Bishop Bl. Teodor Yuriy Romzha † (1944)
Titular Bishop of Appia
Bishop Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. † (1939)
Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian)
Archbishop Antal Papp † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus
Bishop Julije Drohobeczky † (1892)
Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci)
Bishop Gyula Firczák † (1892)
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Bishop Ján Vályi † (1883)
Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
Bishop Ivan Pasteliy (János Pásztélyi) Kovach (Kovács) † (1875)
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Bishop Jozef Gaganecz † (1843)
Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
Bishop Vasyl Popovics † (1838)
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Archbishop Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (1813)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anton Anhelovych (Angellowicz) † (1796)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Bishop Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) † (1781)
Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jason Jan Junosza Smogorzewski, O.S.B.M. † (1758)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Giuseppe Schirò, O.S.B.I. † (1736)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Archbishop Basilio Matranga, O.S.B.I. † (1716)
Archbishop of Achrida (Ochrida)
Archbishop Filoteo Zassi, O.S.B.I. † (1700)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Archbishop Onofrio Costantini † (1665)
Titular Archbishop of Derbe
Archbishop Athanasius II †
Archbishop

Event	Place
Birth Place	Imstychovo, Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Ordained Bishop	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Death Place	Onokivtsi, Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q24514859

Source(s):

ob/op/c12: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122, Number 10,952
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125, Number 11,264
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117, Number 10,442
fn/loc: CB, 4 Oct 2025
fn: CB, 6 Oct 2025

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