Blessed Martyr Theodore Romzha | |
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Eparch of Mukacheve | |
Church | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
Diocese | Eparchy of Mukacheve |
Appointed | 8 September 1944 |
Term ended | 31 October 1947 |
Predecessor | Oleksandr Stoika |
Successor | vacant till 1983, then Ivan Semedi |
Orders | |
Ordination | 25 December 1936 (Priest) |
Consecration | 24 September 1944 (Bishop) |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 April 1911 |
Died | 31 October 1947 (aged 36) Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 31 October (martyrdom); 28 June (translation of relics) |
Venerated in | Greek Catholic Churches Roman Catholic Church |
Title as Saint | Blessed Martyr |
Beatified | 27 June 2001 Lviv by Pope John Paul II |
Theodore George Romzha (Ukrainian: Теодор Юрій Ромжа, Hungarian: Romzsa Tódor György, 14 April 1911 – 31 October 1947) was the bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1944 to 1947. Assassinated by the NKVD, he was beatified as a martyr by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.