Ukrainian Bishop, American Church: Constantine Bohachevsky and the Ukrainian Catholic Church

by Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak

Constantine Bohachevsky was not a typical bishop. On the eve of his unexpected nomination as bishop to the Ukrainian Catholics in America, in March 1924, the Vatican secretly whisked him from Warsaw to Rome to be ordained. He arrived in America that August to a bankrupt church and a hostile clergy. He stood his ground, and chose to live а simple missionary life. He eschewed public pomp, as did his immigrant congregations. He regularly visited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813236363
• ISBN13: 9780813236360
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"