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{{short description|Slovak Greek Catholic bishop}}
'''Basil''' or '''Vasiľ''' '''Hopko''' (April 21, 1904, [[Hrabské]] — July 23, 1976) was an [[eparch]] ([[bishop]]) of the [[Slovak Greek Catholic Church]]. He was [[beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] for his [[martyrdom]] under [[Communist]] occupation.▼
{{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
| term_end = 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}}
| death_place = [[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
==Life==
Basil Hopko was born in the [[Rusyns|Rusyn]] village of [[Hrabské]], in the [[Sáros County]] of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] (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
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
Bishop Hopko died in Prešov 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=
==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
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