Іван Бучко – пастир в екзилі

Features of the church work and public activities of UGCC Archbishop Ivan Buchko – Apostolic Visitor of Ukrainian Catholics in Western Europe, nominated assistant to the papal throne and count of Rome, titular archbishop with the title of Leocadian, consultant of the Congregation of Eastern Churches are shown. His steadfast position in the defense of the national rights of Ukrainians in the Second Republic during the pacification period was revealed; promoting the publicity of the events of the Ukrainian famine in Soviet Ukraine in 1932–1933 among the diplomats of European states and before the Vatican. The role of the bishop in the conduct of the Catholic action on the territory of Galicia in the 1930^s, in particular the holding of the «Ukrainian Youth to Christ» days, is singled out. Attention is focused on the associational activities of Ivan Buchko as an assistant bishop to Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyi. The role of Bishop I. Buchko in the activities of the Ukrainian Relief Committee in Rome and his role in rescuing from the repatriation of former soldiers of the Division of the SS Halychyna from the Rimini camp are singled out. The role in the charitable mission for Ukrainian refugees, his work in establishing the educational and scientific life of the Ukrainian diaspora in Western European countries after the end of the Second World War is noted. Ivan Buchko’s contribution to the development of the dioceses of the UGCC in Europe and Australia, the creation of new exarchates in North and South America has been confirmed.

Ivan Buchko, Vatican, UGCC, refugees, Catholic action.