Theodore Romzha

Blessed Martyr

Theodore Romzha
Eparch of Mukacheve
ChurchRuthenian Greek Catholic Church
DioceseEparchy of Mukacheve
Appointed8 September 1944
Term ended31 October 1947
PredecessorOleksandr Stoika
Successorvacant till 1983, then Ivan Semedi
Orders
Ordination25 December 1936 (Priest)
Consecration24 September 1944 (Bishop)
Personal details
Born14 April 1911
Died31 October 1947 (aged 36)
Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR
Sainthood
Feast day31 October (martyrdom); 28 June (translation of relics)
Venerated inGreek Catholic Churches
Roman Catholic Church
Title as SaintBlessed Martyr
Beatified27 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.