LC control no. | n 2001087078 |
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Personal name heading | Velychkovsʹkyĭ, Vasylʹ Vsevolod, 1903-1973 |
Variant(s) | Velychkovsky, Vasyl, 1903-1973 Velyčkovs'kyj Vasyl', 1903-1973 |
Found in | Vasylʹ Vsevolod Velychkovsʹkyĭ, Ch.N.I., i︠e︡pyskop-ispovidnyk, 1975: t.p. (Vasylʹ Vsevolod Velychkovsʹkyĭ, Ch.N.I.; bishop) p. 2. (b. 06-01-1903 in Stanyslaviv ) p. 42 (d. 06-17-1973) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 5, p. 575 (Velychkovsky, Vasyl [Velyčkovs'kyj Vasyl']; b. 01 June 1903 in Stanyslaviv, d. 30 June 1973 in Winnipeg. Redemptorist priest and bishop of the Underground Ukrainian Catholic church. After WWII he was sentenced to 10 years hard labor for refusing to convert to Russian Orthodoxy. In 1968 he was again arrested and sentenced to 3 years in the Gulag. After his release in 1972 he eventually emigrated to Canada) sd13 |