Constantine Bohachevsky (June 17, 1884January 6, 1961), born in Manaiv, Ukraine, was an

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of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. He was the first Ukrainian Catholic

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in the

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. Among his friends was the Ukrainian Catholic nun

Emellia Prokopik Emellia Prokopik (May11, 1920December17, 2015, born Mildred E. Prokopik) was a nun of the Catholic Church in Ukraine. She served for 12 years as Superior General of the sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great of the Province of Jesus, Lover ...

, who took her first vows before him, and with her congregation in Pennsylvania (the seat of the church in the US), he said he felt most at home.

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1961 deaths 1884 births Clergy from Ternopil Oblast Clergy from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States Bishops in Pennsylvania Eastern Catholic bishops in the United States Ukrainian Eastern Catholics Eastern Catholic archeparchs in North America Archbishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church {{UkrainianGreekCatholic-bishop-stub