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{{short description|Slovak Greek Catholic bishop}}
[http://www.tccweb.org/prominentcarpathorusyns.htm Bishop Basil Hopko]▼
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| image = Vasil Hopko Osek 1967.jpg
| caption = Hopko in 1967.
| honorific_prefix = [[Beatification|Blessed]]
| name = Basil Hopko
| title = [[Slovak Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Prešov|Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov]]
| church = [[Slovak Greek Catholic Church]]
| diocese = Prešov
| see = Prešov
| appointed = 9 November 1946
| DATEterm_end OF= DEATH =23 July 1976▼
| successor = [[Milan Chautur]]
| other_post = Titular Bishop of Midila (1946-76)
| ordination = 3 February 1929
| ordained_by = [[Pavel Peter Gojdič|Pavel Peter Gojdic]]
| consecration = 11 May 1947
| consecrated_by = [[Pavel Peter Gojdič|Pavel Peter Gojdic]]
| birth_name = Vasil Hopko
| birth_date = 21 April 1904
| birth_place = [[Hrabské|Geréb]], [[Sáros County|Sáros]], [[Kingdom of Hungary]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|07|23|1904|04|21}}
| PLACEdeath_place OF= DEATH =[[Prešov]], [[Czechoslovakia]] ▼
| coat_of_arms = COA bishop SK Hopko Vasil1a.svg
| venerated = [[Slovak Greek Catholic Church]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Church]]
| feast_day = [[23 July]]
| beatified_date = 14 September 2003
| beatified_place = [[Saint Peter's Square]], [[Vatican City]]
| beatified_by = [[Pope John Paul II]]
| attributes = [[Clerical clothing|Episcopal attire]]
| patronage =
}}▼
 
'''Basil''' or '''Vasiľ''' '''Hopko''' (21 April 24, 1904, [[Hrabské]] &mdash; July 23, July 1976) was an [[eparch]] ([[bishop]]) of the [[Slovak Greek Catholic Church]]. He was [[beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 14 September 2003 for his [[martyrdom]] under [[Communist]] occupation.
 
==Life==
Basil Hopko was born in the [[Rusyns|Rusyn]] village of [[Hrabské]], [[Austria-Hungary]]in inthe [[countySáros County]] of the [[ŠarišKingdom of Hungary]], presently in(present-day eastern [[Slovakia]]). His parents, Basil and Anna née Petrenko, were landless [[peasants]]. While Hopko was still an infant, his father was struck by lightning and died. His mother left him in care of her father, while she emigrated to the [[United States]] in search of work. When Hopko was 7 he was sent to live with his uncle Demeter Petrenko, a Greek Catholic priest.
 
He attended the Evangelical [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] in [[Prešov]], then [[Czechoslovakia]], graduating with honors in 1923. Hopko studied at the Eparchial Seminary in Prešov. He had dreams of joining his mother in America, and of pursuing his priestly vocation there, but the cost of recurring health problems left him unable to afford to travel. He later wrote that when he finally decided to stay and to serve in his homeland, he was suddenly cured, and realized he had been given a sign about his calling. He was ordained a Greek Catholic priest on 3 February 1929.
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In 1936 he returned to teach in Prešov's Eparchial Seminary, and was awarded the title of [[monsignor]]. He had already begun graduate studies at [[Charles University]] while in Prague, and he completed his Doctor of Theology in 1940 at [[Comenius University]] in [[Bratislava]]. In Prešov he headed the [[eparchy]]'s publishing division, where he edited a monthly periodical.
 
After World War II, a growing Soviet BolshevikCommunist influence caused Bishop [[Pavol Peter Gojdič]] of Prešov to ask the [[Holy See|Vatican]] for an [[Auxiliary Bishop]] to help defend the Greek Catholic Church. Hopko was appointed to the post on 11 May 1947. The Communist take-over of Czechoslovakia wreakedwrought havoc on the Greek Catholic Church. In 1950 it was officially abolished by the state as a religious organization, and its assets were turned over to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. Bishop [[Pavel Peter Gojdič|Gojdič]] was arrested and was imprisoned for life. Bishop Hopko was arrested on 28 April 1950 and kept on starvation rations and tortured for weeks. Eventually he was tried and sentenced to 15 years for the "subversive activity" of staying loyal to Rome. He was repeatedly transferred from prison to prison. His health, physical and emotional, failed, and in 1964 he was transferred to ana oldhome agefor homethe aged. He never recovered his health.
 
During the [[Prague Spring]] the Czechoslovak government legally cleared Hopko on 13 June 1968 and the Prešov Eparchy was restored. However, activists insisted that a Slovak bishop be appointed to the [[Episcopal see|see]], and the Vatican[[Holy See]] named the [[Slovaks|Slovak]] priest [[Ján Hirka]] as Bishop Hopko's successor.
 
Bishop Hopko died in PresovPrešov at age 72 on 23 July 1976.<ref>[https://saintjohnbyzantine.com/martyrs/hopko/ Saint John Byzantine website, ''Blessed Bishop +Vasil’ Hopko'']</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Vatican website |title=Vasil' Hopko |url=httphttps://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20030914_hopko_en.html |accessdate=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026091043/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20030914_hopko_en.html |archivedate=26 October 2012 }}</ref> He was buried at the [[Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Prešov]].<ref name=K>[http://katedrala.sk/ Parish of Prešov website, ''Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Prešov'']</ref> On 14 September 2003 Pope John Paul II beatified him at a ceremony in Bratislava, Slovakia.
 
==References==
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▲* [http://www.tccweb.org/prominentcarpathorusyns.htm Bishop Basil Hopko - The Carpathian Connection]
* {{cite book | author=Magocsi, Paul Robert and Ivan Pop | title=Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture | location=Toronto | publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] | year=2005 | isbn=0-8020-3566-3 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofru0000mago }}
 
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME =Hopko, Basil
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =Rusyn bishop and martyr
| DATE OF BIRTH =24 April 1904
| PLACE OF BIRTH =Hrabské, [[Slovakia]]
▲| DATE OF DEATH =23 July 1976
▲| PLACE OF DEATH =[[Prešov]], [[Czechoslovakia]]
▲}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopko, Basil}}
 
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[[Category:People from Bardejov District]]
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[[Category:Comenius University alumni]]
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