Jozafat Bastašić,

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(1 May 1740 – 28 August 1793) was a

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hierarch. He was the bishop from 1789 to 1793 of the Eastern Catholic

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Life

Born in Drašći Vrh, Habsburg monarchy (present day

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) in 1740, he was

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on 1765 as member of the

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. Until 1775 Bastašić was the personal assistant of Vasilije Božičković and the Vicar General of the Epachy of Križevci from 1777 to 1788. He was confirmed as a Bishop by the

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on 30 March 1789. He was consecrated to the

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on 6 December 1790. The principal

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was

Andriy Bachynskyi Andriy Bachynskyi ( uk, Андрій Бачинський, hu, Bacsinszky András; 11 November 1732 – 19 November 1809) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1773 to 1809. Bi ...

, and the principal co-consecrator was Ignațiu Darabant He died in

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on 28 August 1793.

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